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04-14-2008, 01:30 PM
The Santo Domingo Metro will provide at least a thousand jobs according to Leonel Carrasco, the assistant manager of the Transport Reorganization Office (OPRET). Carrasco told Diario Libre reporters that the Metro will operate 17 hours a day in two work shifts. Each station will be staffed by at least 16 people working in maintenance and service, and each worker will have a replacement. With sixteen stations going into service some time during the second half of the year, this means a total of 1,024 new jobs at this level. This figure does not take into consideration all the jobs that will be created in the operational and management areas, which are yet to be announced.
The OPRET office has announced a new series of tests for the Santo Domingo Metro mainline. However, according to sources close to the scene, the system will not open for business until after the 16 May elections. An engineer who is working on the elevated portion of the railway system told Listin Diario reporters that government officials and employees have been invited to the trials. The same source also confirmed that many details still needed to be fixed before the system could enter into service. Carrasco meanwhile denied rumors that the subway system would be used to transport people attending the Book Fair this month.
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The OPRET office has announced a new series of tests for the Santo Domingo Metro mainline. However, according to sources close to the scene, the system will not open for business until after the 16 May elections. An engineer who is working on the elevated portion of the railway system told Listin Diario reporters that government officials and employees have been invited to the trials. The same source also confirmed that many details still needed to be fixed before the system could enter into service. Carrasco meanwhile denied rumors that the subway system would be used to transport people attending the Book Fair this month.
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