NewsWhore
12-16-2009, 04:30 PM
Progress comes with a price, but the residents of Gualey don't think the price they are getting is fair. The government has asked 200 families in the Gualey slum sector of Santo Domingo near the Sanchez Bridge to relocate, because the lands will be used for the construction of the second line of the Santo Domingo Metro. The families have been offered RD$150,000 for their homes, but they say this won't even buy a small plot of land on the outskirts of the city. Although some families have taken the cash, others have vowed to stay where they are. Community action groups like the Committee for Neighborhood Rights (Copadeba) who are campaigning for the residents, estimate that 500 families will be relocated from the Gualey neighborhood alone.
The government has allotted priority to the construction of the second line of the Santo Domingo metro in the 2010 budget.
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The government has allotted priority to the construction of the second line of the Santo Domingo metro in the 2010 budget.
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