SAMANÁ.- A 100 million dollar investment by the company Valley Forge Corporation is expected to revert the almost total inactivity of Samaná’s Arroyo Barril port (northeast), a remodeling project that includes a 500 slip marina and dockage for several cruise ships simultaneously.

Around 1,000 boats would visit Arroyo Barril with nearly 3 million tourists every year, said the executive Rodrigo Montealegre Saturday.

The project, expected to conclude in five years, includes a passenger terminal, offices, a hotel of approximately 100 rooms, an ecological museum and yatch club, according to Carolina Llobregat, an architect of the company. “This proposal’s fundamental concept is a sustainable environmental offering, that includes taking advantage of the place’s environment, creating spaces of ecological zones."

The port’s remodeling is based on a 30-year concession contract signed with the Dominican State.