Metro costs

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Spending on the Santo Domingo Metro has exceeded the RD$20 billion mark, according to Diandino Pena, director of the Transport Reorganization Office (OPRET). Pena tried his best to allay fears about ballooning costs, saying that the total budget would not come to more than RD$25 billion. Pena also assured the public that the Metro would be ready by May, adding that the project's final details would be dealt with during President Leonel Fernandez's second presidential term. He said that some questions left unanswered include recruiting and training employees, creating a model of operation and determining whether that model would be private, mixed, or public sector. He also explained that 'Metro' legislation has to be drawn up.

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