Partnership signed by the past administration for the Luis Mu単oz Marin International Airport. This provides a challenge for the Port Authority to readjust its structure so as to guarantee its fiscal integrity while running the basic operations of the port.
Port infrastruCturE Numerous areas of the port infrastructure have to be attended to, including marine
and cruise terminals, bollards, fenders, pier reconstruction, aprons and, most important, the opening of the San Juan Dry Dock, which is long overdue. We already implemented a new Port Dockage Tariff in 2010 that must contribute to the maintenance of all those areas. We must make sure that the collections for improvement and maintenance of such areas are used in accordance with the tariff.
Our Association should not be quick to criticise the actions of the past, but has to be expeditious and diligent in offering assistance to the new Port Director through advice and expertise. We need to empower our Association members into working together for the benefit of the whole and that means forgetting partisan politics and rolling up our sleeves to help in improving the economic and fiscal condition of Puerto Rico.
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