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NewsWhore
04-20-2007, 03:40 PM
Mayor Robert Salcedo's plan to build a heliport on Santo Domingo's Malecon seafront avenue is gradually becoming the target of more opposition. Yesterday PRD opposition party members sided with environmentalists who say that the location chosen (Abraham Lincoln and the Malecon) violates protected areas laws and should be built elsewhere. Others say, the category of protected area enables the construction. PRD secretary general Orlando Jorge Mera said that the party would use all legitimate means to stop the project, which he considers damaging to the city. Salcedo argues the heliport would rescue a slumized area of the park.
The heliport would serve businessmen and tourists traveling to Santo Domingo.

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