Great! More power for everyone to steal?

Spending $124MM USD for 60 MW production capacity of HFO (heavy fuel oil) generation.....?? With businessmen investing their money like that, they should be broke before 2010 arrives. Sorry, this just doesn't sound truthful? Perhaps they graduated from the OBAMA SCHOOL of Business.. that 'splains it !

Juango,

You got it all wrong: The current administration (and any other, so-called democratic administration since 1966) graduated from the Sani Abacha School of economics. Let's face it: Our beloved DR has turned into the Nigeria of the Caribbean (but without the oil).

And I will go one step further (and again risk being banned for expressing a contrary view): The reason we live in a poverty mass, surrounded by a sea of corruption is because the 9+ million of my compatriots don't have the 'cojones' to demand accountability from their elected officials.

What is it going to take? For the current administration to announce the sale of all national resources (land, sea and air) to an international consortium for the population to wake up and realize they have to do something?

Just when you think the corruption, mismanagement and nepotism cannot get any more blatant, you read about another project (i.e. a highway that cost U.S $1 million per Kilometer to build).

MY GOD!!!!

Rosalinda

I love most of your statements but the 1 million dollar per kilometer to build a highway is actually way to cheap of a price tag and if the gov is getting deals like that then i have to congratulate who ever is doing the bidding process because they doing a damm good job there. Most projects in USA cost around 27 million dollar per mile avg and some going up to 45 million so 1 million dollar per kilometer is actually a very good price tag.

Belly. The may say that now, but when it is finished the cost will have ballooned in order to pay for all of the "expenses". Bid low to get the job, then charge whatever you want to finish-- just sort of like the dam project. LOLZ

Belly,

Do not compare the U.S, Canada or European Highway System to the single-lane, country road, barely paved excuse for a mud track we have in the DR.
Given the quality of the materials and the size of these 'highway', a U.S $1/km is grossly over-priced.

cont,

expects will have as many as 100 subcontractors and 1,500 workers on it during its peak construction period between now and 2011.


Other examples of Odebrecht’s work abound in southern Florida, including the about-to-open football stadium on the campus of Florida International University, American Airlines Arena—home to the NBA’s Miami Heat—and the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts, as well as extensive road, bridge and mass transit work.


In its early days in the US, Odebrecht operated a California office and during that time became a contractor for the US Army Corps of Engineers. That connection to the Corps has led to other opportunities that included the efforts to rebuild infrastructure in Iraq and Kuwait and work now under way in New Orleans to build the Hurricane Storm Damage Risk Reduction System (HSDRRS).

Ehhhhhhh, Rosa,

below are some details:

The four-lane highway will have three bridges and two toll booths. It is 50 kilometers shorter than the existing highway. The Brazilian company Odebrecht is overseeing the project.

Odebrecht, a review:

Keith Regan finds out how melding big-company resources with a small-company approach has paved the way for Odebrecht’s growth in Florida and beyond.
Odebrecht is one of Latin America’s most formidable construction companies, with a significant presence around the world. The company’s US division is based in Coral Gables, Florida, and has become a fixture in helping to build out the infrastructure of southern Florida over the past two decades.
Odebrecht and joint venture partner Parsons are now the main contractors on Miami International Airport’s $2.7 billion North Terminal Development project, a sprawling 3.2-million-square-foot, 51-gate terminal designed to expand and modernize the airport, a project that Parsons-Odebrecht

So rosa the quality may not be so bad???

Oderbrecht has a global reputation and it's a four lane highway not a dirt paved road.

Whether its worth it or not, you decide but the above are the facts.



oops just noticed that for some reason the posts are not on chronological order, don't know how that happened?

rosalinda

I will give you another chance at a better answer because the last one just doesn't make the cut. I know you can do better than that matter of fact i know you can do better than that.

From reading some of the postings above, it seems obvious to me that some contributors would do better service to themselves and country by repatriating. They are quick with the "jaundiced eye" views and seem to have deep understanding and answers for everything.

The problem is they long ago eschewed DR for US, and they really like it here. They consider DR a 3rd world and backward country, with a pathetic political system. They have no plans to go back. They have no real or emotional attachment to the homeland and are, effectively, "mail order" Dominicans. Sadly, I might be one of them.

Perhaps we could all endeavor to be less sarcastic and cynical, and employ our efforts more appropriately and effectively toward constructive criticism and offer logical solutions. Perhaps then we could begin a reversal of the "status quo" and effect necessary political and socio-economic changes.

problem with DR roads is that there are not many sewer drains. Water puddles and a pot hole begins to form

More power to steal but why not lock up these people who steal the power and that will cut down on this.The price of the power will come down.

that great more power Too bad the power companies do not understand service even when everything is working correctly WHEN THEY CONTROL THE STEALING AND MAKE EVERYONE PAY MAYBE IT WILL IMPROVE AND STOP THE EXCUTIVES FROM STEALING THE FUNDING until then you can put a generator on every corner it will still be the BS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!