The lack of parking lotsthe Interventions of the streets by the Government and the private business of placing cones to charge citizens, have turned the Colonial City, National District, in chaos for transit and parking, they said Traders and residents.
Traders explained that many customers They have stopped going to the business because getting a parking it’s an odyssey.
“I have a business in the Colonial Zone and there are several businessmen who are crying out to heaven, some of them business “they have gone bankrupt,” said Sorangi Peguero, a merchant.
He indicated that in order to achieve a parking It takes from half an hour to an hour and a half to Travel, but there is customers and visitors who prefer to go elsewhere because of the discomfort of the Colonial City.
Others Traders who preferred not to be identified, said that the sales have been drastically reduced, because people are not coming to business like those placed in the emblematic El Conde Streetmostly.
Hernani Montalvo, president of the Association of Merchants of El Conde Street (Asoconde), reported that the demolition of the building began more than a year ago. parking from José Reyes Street, which has worsened the situation.
He indicated that one of the main executives of Asoconde has a men’s clothing store and some customers They have told him that they are not returning because they cannot find parking lots.
“I have my office in the El Conde Street and I have to park on the San Lázaro court. It’s incredible, you can’t find parking and apart from that, many people come and put up cones and it is to charge, they are not merchants to protect their space, they are people who want to come and charge you and the authorities They don’t do anything,” he said.
The Town hall of the National District reported that the parking José Reyes Street is in the final design phase. The place was closed due to the Town hall of the National District in June 2021 because, according to the report, it was deteriorated and represented a danger for users. The demolition began in mid-2023 and concluded in February 2024.
Apart from the lack of parking lotsthe Traders and residents of Colonial City They quote the Interventions of some streets which have complicated the situation. Some of these roads that have impassable sections due to reconstruction are part of Las Mercedes, Hostos, Luperón, among others.
On several occasions the Program of Revitalization of the Colonial City The Government is executing it through the Ministry of Tourism and with financing from the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) has reported the progress of the rehabilitation work of the streets that are intervened and says he is aware of the inconvenience they cause, but that work is being done to improve the place.
