Las Americas is lit up again

[NewsWhore]

Electricity distribution company Ede-Este has just restored electricity to the Las Americas Freeway that connects Boca Chica with Santo Domingo. The 24-kilometer stretch has been in darkness since the repeated theft of thousands of meters of valuable copper wire, transformers and even light fixtures. According to El Nuevo Diario, Ede-Este has spent nearly RD$7 million repairing 29,000 meters of new cables, lighting up 855 street lights, installing 32 transformers, and 9 new light poles along the stretch between the Juan Carlos Bridge and the toll plaza before Boca Chica. Ede-Este is asking for the public's help in keeping the lights on this time and has promised to maintain the equipment. The company says it is now using an aluminum-based wire that is not as attractive to thieves.

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