NewsWhore
12-01-2008, 02:30 PM
The Transport Reorganization Office (OPRET), in charge of the Santo Domingo Metro construction, is going for its second line, and RD$337 million has been assigned to the project in the 2009 budget.
Also appearing in the 2009 national budget is an item for RD$371 million for the construction of a train line for freight and passengers from Haina to Santiago. The item says that the resources for this project will be borrowed abroad. According to Hoy newspaper, the RD$329 billion budget legislation sent to Congress last Friday allocated a sum of RD$371 million for the freight and passenger line to Santiago.
President Leonel Fernandez first announced this project in New York City on 22 September. On that occasion, the mayor of Santiago said that the rail line was not a priority for the Cibao region or for the people of Santiago.
A RD$284 million project connected to the Santo Domingo Metro, an overpass at the intersection of Charles de Gaulle and Hermanas Mirabal Avenues also figures in the budget.
The OPRET budget assigns RD$284,197,500 to the construction of the overpass at the intersection of the two avenues. The budget for the first rapid transit line in Santo Domingo is RD$2.07 billion. The budget does not state the amount that will be used as a subsidy for the first Metro line operation, which is due to start running this month.
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Also appearing in the 2009 national budget is an item for RD$371 million for the construction of a train line for freight and passengers from Haina to Santiago. The item says that the resources for this project will be borrowed abroad. According to Hoy newspaper, the RD$329 billion budget legislation sent to Congress last Friday allocated a sum of RD$371 million for the freight and passenger line to Santiago.
President Leonel Fernandez first announced this project in New York City on 22 September. On that occasion, the mayor of Santiago said that the rail line was not a priority for the Cibao region or for the people of Santiago.
A RD$284 million project connected to the Santo Domingo Metro, an overpass at the intersection of Charles de Gaulle and Hermanas Mirabal Avenues also figures in the budget.
The OPRET budget assigns RD$284,197,500 to the construction of the overpass at the intersection of the two avenues. The budget for the first rapid transit line in Santo Domingo is RD$2.07 billion. The budget does not state the amount that will be used as a subsidy for the first Metro line operation, which is due to start running this month.
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#3)