Asunción consortium explains delays in Santo Domingo drainage project

Residents in Asunción's Santo Domingo neighborhood are facing prolonged disruptions due to delays in a crucial pluvial drainage project, prompting some families to relocate. The situation has led the consortium responsible for the works, Pluvial Santos, to issue a statement addressing the concerns.

The consortium detailed that the street in question, Juan XXIII, was a dead-end without prior pavement and had a house partially built into it. They also noted that a canal facilitated drainage from the area and a nearby park. These factors created significant access difficulties for construction equipment and material removal.

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The difficulties for access are really important and also constitute relevant obstacles for the removal of excavation material and for other typical construction activities.

Further complicating matters, the project faced several months of interruption. Initial delays stemmed from negotiations to relocate the family whose property encroached on the street. Subsequent modifications to the project's layout were required due to issues raised by residents both on Juan XXIII and downstream along the Mburicaó stream.

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These changes in the layout led to a modificatory agreement of the contract - without variation of the work amount - which had to be approved first by the Municipal Council and then by the National Directorate of Public Procurement (DNCP).

These necessary changes to the project's design led to a modificatory agreement for the contract. This agreement, while not increasing the overall cost, required approval from both the Municipal Council and the National Directorate of Public Procurement (DNCP).

The consortium emphasized that executing the project on multiple fronts is standard procedure according to the schedule and contract, and that they possess sufficient personnel and equipment. They assured that once work on the block concludes, the street will gain access to its perpendicular, Prof. Maciel, allowing for a 90-degree turn and a proper exit, which was previously impossible. Both streets, along with the rest of the neighborhood, will eventually be paved with hydraulic concrete.

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When the tasks in the block conclude, in a little more time, the street will have access to its perpendicular, Prof. Maciel, and a 90-degree turn will be possible, which will finally give it an exit (this was not possible before). Both blocks that converge - Juan XXIII (between Prof. Maciel and Soldado Desconocido) and Prof. Maciel (between Juan XXIII and Ntra. Sra. del Carmen) as well as the rest of the neighborhood will have hydraulic concrete paving.