Recently we mentioned that Mayor Ilana Neumann ordered the company Tractor Del Norte to clean the bed of the river Sosúa.
The company Tractor Norte scooped tons of sand and garbage from the streams with heavy equipment.
Thanks to this, the rivers don't burst their banks during heavy rains and the houses built along the shore, are not inundated or washed away.
But there still occur floods in Sosúa.
After heavy rainstorms the streets are inundated for many hours and are barely passable for traffic.
This usually occurs at the same spots in El Batey.
At the liquor store Super Super and near the city hall, the water stands knee high after a rainstorm.
Also at the intersection at the Europa Hotel the water is high and it is impossible for mopeds to pass.
The problem is that Sosúa is situated downhill, and the water of these hills flows down into Sosúa.
The road from museum Castillo Mundo King besides the police station is the biggest culprit.
When it rains water flows down this road like a river into El Batey.
Flooding
The old mine
There is a solution for this problem.
Fifty meters behind the Europa Hotel in the main street Pedro Clisante behind the car rental company there is an old caliche mine.
This is the first and oldest caliche mine in Sosúa, with a size of at least 2,500 square meters and a depth of at least four meters.
All the rainwater and sewage is discharged at this mine.
But the mine is silted.
The top is covered with an impermeable layer of mud and garbage from half a meter thick.
The mine can now only absorb a limited amount of water.
The mayor had already commissioned to partially remove this impenetrable layer of mud so that water can flow into the mine.
When the firm with heavy equipment arrived at the mine, the owner of the land forbade this work.
He wants to sell the land, but in the meantime everyone should stay away from the premises.
The mayor had no other choice than to order the retreat.
Mayor Ilana Neumann for now doesn't have sufficient funds to purchase the old mine and so the residents of Sosúa remain plagued by flooding.