{"id":471639,"date":"2025-06-16T16:37:48","date_gmt":"2025-06-16T20:37:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/uncategorized\/santiagos-city-hall-confirms-that-the-collapsed-construction-was-notified-and-halted-due-to-lack-of-approved-plans\/"},"modified":"2025-06-16T16:37:48","modified_gmt":"2025-06-16T20:37:48","slug":"santiagos-city-hall-confirms-that-the-collapsed-construction-was-notified-and-halted-due-to-lack-of-approved-plans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/dominican-news\/santiagos-city-hall-confirms-that-the-collapsed-construction-was-notified-and-halted-due-to-lack-of-approved-plans\/","title":{"rendered":"Santiago’s City Hall confirms that the collapsed construction was notified and halted due to lack of approved plans"},"content":{"rendered":"Reiterates decision to create the new Municipal Technical Supervision and Buildings Department<\/em>.\n\nSantiago<\/strong>.- The mayor of Santiago, Ulises Rodr\u00edguez, reported that the construction work in process of construction<\/a> that recently collapsed in this city had been notified and previously halted by the council, because it did not have the approved plans required to continue the work.\n\nAccompanied by the technical team from the Urban Planning Office, Rodriguez explained that regarding the commercial plaza project, he had only received the request for non-objection to land use, without advancing to the subsequent stages of structural validation.\n\n\n

\u201cLa aprobaci\u00f3n estructural le corresponde al Ministerio de Obras P\u00fablicas y Comunicaciones (MOPC<\/a>), y estamos a la espera de que se pronuncien sobre esa parte\u201d, se\u00f1al\u00f3 el alcalde.<\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\nAccording to the statement, the council detected the irregularity in 2020, when the non-objection was requested for a commercial premises with two levels, one part with a basement and another without a basement, without presenting the corresponding structural plans.\n\n\n

You can also read: Mayor of Santiago announces creation of Technical Directorate<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cPor eso se orden\u00f3 la paralizaci\u00f3n inmediata de la obra, ya que sin planos no se puede verificar la seguridad del dise\u00f1o\u201d, agreg\u00f3 Rodr\u00edguez.<\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\nThe mayor reaffirmed that these events confirm the need to create the Municipal Technical Supervision and Buildings and Public Safety Directorate, whose formation was recently announced.\n\nRodr\u00edguez highlighted that the Municipality of Santiago will be the first in the country to implement a department of this type, with the capacity to inspect buildings, monitor unauthorized changes of use, and verify compliance with technical and safety regulations.\n\nThe Deputy Director of Urban Planning, Yubelkis Ang\u00e9lica Gonz\u00e1lez Pe\u00f1a, explained that the request for non-objection to land use is only the first step in the process of approving a construction project.\n\n\n

\u201cSirve para determinar si lo que se desea construir es compatible con la zonificaci\u00f3n del lugar. Por ejemplo, si se trata de una plaza comercial, se requiere espacio suficiente para parqueos y acceso adecuado\u201d, puntualiz\u00f3.<\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\nHe added that without the presentation and approval of the structural plans, the City Council does not allow the construction to continue, and warned that controls and sanctions will be reinforced to prevent new illegal constructions or those without proper authorization.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Reiterates decision to create the new Municipal Technical Supervision and Buildings Department. Santiago.- The mayor of Santiago, Ulises Rodr\u00edguez, reported that the construction work in process of construction that recently collapsed in this city had been notified and previously halted by the council, because it did not have the approved plans required to continue the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":94,"featured_media":471640,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[40216],"tags":[41271,136],"class_list":["post-471639","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-dominican-news","tag-municipality-of-santiago","tag-santiago"],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/phj1q1-1YH5","jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/06\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-06-16-at-1.21.45-PM.jpeg","dum_api":{"author_name":"Inocencio Encarnaci\u00f3n","author_image":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/fb05fc387015a833e131f980ca4a79163ed9d20b5d077f4f286c6f316ef033ae?s=96&d=mm&r=g","categories_name":["Dominican News"],"featured_media_url":"https:\/\/cdn.deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/06\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-06-16-at-1.21.45-PM.jpeg"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/471639","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/94"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=471639"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/471639\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/471640"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=471639"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=471639"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=471639"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}