First Apartments Delivered In Curundu Project
In a ceremony involving the President Ricardo Martinelli, the government delivered the keys to the first 240 apartments of the first 15 apartment towers built as part of the project to rebuild Curundú. The event was attended by the Minister of Housing and Land Management José Domingo Arias, the Minister of Social Development Guillermo Ferrufino, the Minister of Commerce and Industry Ricardo Quijano, and the Director of the Authority for Small and Medium Enterprises Giselle Burillo. Martinelli didn't make any statements to the press upon his arrival to attend the ceremony. The Curundú project includes the construction of 1,000 apartments in four story buildings. Each apartment has a cost of $50,000 dollars, and of that total $35,000 will be subsidized by the government. The project includes the canalization of the Curundú river to mitigate floods, improvement of basic water services, and the construction of 6 synthetic soccer fields, 6 tennis courts, and 6 multi-use playgrounds. (TVN)
Editor's Comment: You can't deny it - the administration of Ricardo Martinelli has gotten more done in the first two and a half years than all other presidents have done in their entire five year terms. This is one more example. When fully delivered he will have completely changed the face of Curundu forever. More than 1,000 families with affordable housing solutions ($15,000 cost to the family) located right in the middle of the city. Who do you think those guys are going to vote for? Balbina didn't do squat for them while she was the Housing Minister, for example, except tour the smoking remains of the burned out wooden shacks when they caught fire...
