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No advice, just a question (and something that might be worth considering) about the city of Samaná: with the fabulous newly renovated malecón, and other construction (a cruise ship dock and highway widening, I think??), it seems like there must be big plans for the place. It's a very small town and I wonder what the thinking is on how / how well it's likely to absorb the increased tourist traffic? Personally, I really like how it is now, though I'm sure any future added jobs will fill a need. I wonder how the changes will be managed,

Las Terranas lots of new construction happening

@DRVisitor

And infrastructure has not kept pace! LT has major issues with electricity, water supply, and traffic.

@Steverino7777

I don't know much about the areas in Samana outside of Las Terrenas. I have heard from folks in Samana town and Las Galleras that they have to come to Las Terrenas for shopping. There are colmados and small grocery stores elsewhere, but for weekly shopping, they drive to LT.

During high season, the streets in LT and the store aisles get pretty busy.

If you have any specific questions about LT, let me know!

@ddmcghee

What are the new developments doing? Using existing? expanding?

@DRVisitor

Using existing! So more homes, apartments, and hotels with the same electricity, water supply, and roads.

Never good as here they are always behind the actuaL demand.