Santiago's priorities

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Representatives of the Santiago Development Association (APEDI) have told Hoy newspaper that before considering the construction of a metro, Santiago needs the government to improve the Port of Manzanillo in Monte Cristi province to facilitate cargo exports and imports. Eduardo Trueba, Hendrick Kelnener, Enmanuel Castillo and Sonia Guzman said that the greatest expense affecting competitiveness of exports is the cost of shipping, and a port in Manzanillo would reduce these costs because exporters would not have to truck their cargo to the port of Haina on the south coast. The government proposed train from Haina to Santiago should be a second phase of the transport project. The businessmen also called for the construction of the Santiago public park on the grounds of the former Cibao airport.

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