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A New Port-au-Prince for $3.3 Billion

By: Caribbean Journal Staff - August 11, 2011

Above: displaced Haitians in Port-au-Prince (UN Photo: Sophia Paris)

Port-au-Prince Mayor Muscadin Jean Yves Jason has presented plans for the Port-au-Prince of the future, a project designed by 40 Haitian planning experts that would cost $3.3 billion. The concept, which includes a fully renovated modern city including a tram system and a completely redeveloped waterfront, would take 5 years to complete. “This dream of a new Port-au-Prince is possible,” Jason said. “The plan we have presented is a version that may not be final, but we will complete it with the reflection that will be made.” [Haiti Libre]

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