Abinader and Collado inaugurate SDE’s malecon for more than RD$310 million

President Luis Abinader and the Minister of Tourism, David Collado, led the inauguration ceremony of the first stage of the renovation of the Malecon of Santo Domingo East, with an investment of RD$310,569,503, which will have a direct impact on the leisure and recreation of residents and tourists of this municipality.

In the first stage of the project, an intervention of 2.3 kilometers of Santo Domingo East’s marine coastline was carried out, which has an area of 118,541.34 square meters of natural park, divided into 7 recreational areas with 7 parking lots for a capacity of 264 units.

The phase also includes landscaping, a Politur detachment, 4 bathrooms, a universal access ramp, lighting, equipment, concrete benches and a garbage dump.

Minister de Collado highlighted the importance of the work, stating that it will have an extraordinary impact on the tourism offer of the municipality of Santo Domingo East and will boost the economy of the entire area.

“Today we are here, together with President Luis Abinader Corona, fulfilling our commitment to change the image and life of the malecon of Santo Domingo East, a just claim of its inhabitants,” he said.

He indicated that, “this new boardwalk is added to the tourist offer that the municipality of Santo Domingo East has, such as the Cachón de la Rubia, Los Tres Ojos National Park, the National Aquarium, as well as, the Columbus Lighthouse, Juan Pablo Duarte Square, Mirador del Este Park and the Nuestra Señora del Rosario Church, the first in the new world”.

It should be noted that the project’s intervention, along the entire length of the coastline, includes: signage in low relief, a two-lane bicycle lane 2.50 meters wide, a concrete photo stop, a distinctive feature of the project, pedestrian paths that connect all the micro-accents, as well as the regeneration of existing green areas.

The project will have a total cost of RD$645,299,087 and consists of providing a recreational area along the entire seafront of España Avenue, from the Navy installations to the Las Américas highway.

The total intervention covers a length of 4.3 kilometers of the coastline, plus 237,734 square meters of natural park, as well as the construction of ten parking areas with a capacity of 452 parking units.

In addition, it includes widening the sidewalks to 6.50 meters wide, in order to include a bicycle path along the entire length of the coastline.