Playa Municipal walk way

Very glad to see the much improved lighting and wider walk. There seems a lot more activity/business. Good job!

They cut down all the shade trees and paved over 3 meters more of beach. We lost Plaza Olof Palme altogether with its majestic Washingtonia Palms. I'm not happy at all. The ambient heat is quite noticeable, especially during summer months, and during the day it has no shade so many people don't use it. The lighting causes the sea turtles to become disoriented and either lay eggs too near the water or not at all, and when their eggs hatch the hatchlings head for the lights instead of the ocean, so we keep finding them in the plaza, the street, one even entered our home, and some simply tire out and die before finding the water. So it's also an ecological hazard. But hey, the mayor got to make some major $$ pouring his cement, and now he's doing the same thing to the downtown pedestrian streets whose businesses are having to close during the high season, losing tens of thousand of pesos in revenue. But as long as he makes his money he doesn't care. His wife is running to replace him in the upcoming elections.

All the tall palm trees, all the almendro trees and several others in this photo are all gone.