Mendoza community demands paving and lighting in school surroundings
Residents of the Mendoza sector, in Santo Domingo, held a civic demonstration in front of the Los Alifonsos Educational Center to demand urgent intervention from the authorities regarding their road infrastructure. The community members are demanding the completion of paving work and improvements to the lighting system on the streets surrounding the school.
The claim focuses on a critical stretch of approximately 800 meters on the Mendoza highway, specifically the route that connects Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue with the extension of Progreso Avenue and Freddy Beras Goico Street. According to the protesters, although other areas of the road have been intervened, this strategic sector remains in deplorable conditions.
Impact on education and citizen security
Bishop Daniel de los Santos Suero, president of the Dominican Council for the Integral Development of the Community, emphasized that the poor condition of the road represents a constant danger for students. Likewise, he denounced that the lack of adequate lighting exposes residents to security risks during their commutes at night and in the early morning hours.
I wish, as a teacher at this school where I went through so much hardship, coming with double shoes while the children came barefoot to wash their feet here so they could put their shoes on. I would not like to die without seeing this street fixed.
Santa Angélica de la Cruz, retired teacher
Shortage of school spots reported
The community’s problems are not limited to road infrastructure. Community leaders like Marcos reported a worrying shortage of spots at the local educational center. Many parents are forced to seek alternatives in other locations due to the school being overcrowded, which worsens the situation for resident families.
- Demand for paving on 800 critical meters of the Mendoza road.
- Request for public lighting for greater safety.
- Complaint regarding the lack of spots at the Los Alifonsos Educational Center.
- Direct call to the central government for immediate intervention.
Faced with a lack of definitive answers, community representatives, including Francisco Paniagua, have warned that they will maintain civic protests. Residents have expressed their willingness to take their demands directly to the National Palace if the competent authorities do not come to the sector to verify the reality they face daily before the start of the next school year.
