NewsWhore
02-03-2012, 03:50 PM
Dozens of residents in El Millon, a middle class Santo Domingo neighborhood, protested yesterday, Thursday 2 February, demanding the suspension of construction of a five-storey building on Presa de Taveras street.
They stood outside the building with placards, chanting: "We don't want corruption". Neighborhood group representative Andrea Valdez said that she had been to the town hall in the National District and to the Public Works and Environment ministries and complained that you could not build over two floors in height in this area. Valdez said that the owners of the new building had defied the rules and the engineers in charge, Nicolas Fermin and Jean Carlos Garcia said that it would be built come rain or shine.
She said that there used to be a house in the same spot and at first they thought it was being remodeled but over time it became apparent that it would be a different building.
Another local resident, Sonya Perez, said that all they wanted was for the law to be upheld.
www.listindiario.com/la-republica/2012/2/2/220308/Residentes-del-sector-El-Millon-protestan-por-construccion-de-edificio (http://www.listindiario.com/la-republica/2012/2/2/220308/Residentes-del-sector-El-Millon-protestan-por-construccion-de-edificio)
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They stood outside the building with placards, chanting: "We don't want corruption". Neighborhood group representative Andrea Valdez said that she had been to the town hall in the National District and to the Public Works and Environment ministries and complained that you could not build over two floors in height in this area. Valdez said that the owners of the new building had defied the rules and the engineers in charge, Nicolas Fermin and Jean Carlos Garcia said that it would be built come rain or shine.
She said that there used to be a house in the same spot and at first they thought it was being remodeled but over time it became apparent that it would be a different building.
Another local resident, Sonya Perez, said that all they wanted was for the law to be upheld.
www.listindiario.com/la-republica/2012/2/2/220308/Residentes-del-sector-El-Millon-protestan-por-construccion-de-edificio (http://www.listindiario.com/la-republica/2012/2/2/220308/Residentes-del-sector-El-Millon-protestan-por-construccion-de-edificio)
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#9)