NewsWhore
12-01-2008, 02:30 PM
The condition of the Luperon Tourist Highway that links Puerto Plata and the north coast with Santiago and the Cibao region is as bad as ever, and local inhabitants are saying that their patience is wearing thin. Travelers to Puerto Plata from Santiago have the option of the Navarrete highway and the highway through Moca-Sabaneta, which are in good condition.
According to Hoy newspaper, the Luperon highway is nearly impassable in many sections and its condition has driven many traders along the route to bankruptcy. The constant landslides just destroy the little work that takes place. Drivers who use the important route defined the stoppage of repairs as regrettable.
According to Gabriel Guzman from Yaroa, "this is a never ending story, a place where something is always beginning or being continued but never finished, because nobody pays it too much attention. This is a forgotten highway."
According to locals, a lot of work was done before the elections but since then nothing has been done. The former attractive route for people going from Santiago to the north coast or vice-versa is now abandoned.
According to Public Works Minister Victor Diaz Rua, the project is well advanced and the government has a lot of interest in finishing this highway because of its importance to the tourism industry. He said that it was not finished as originally scheduled due to the landslides that have increased the scale of the job, but they are working hard for it to be finished by mid-next year.
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According to Hoy newspaper, the Luperon highway is nearly impassable in many sections and its condition has driven many traders along the route to bankruptcy. The constant landslides just destroy the little work that takes place. Drivers who use the important route defined the stoppage of repairs as regrettable.
According to Gabriel Guzman from Yaroa, "this is a never ending story, a place where something is always beginning or being continued but never finished, because nobody pays it too much attention. This is a forgotten highway."
According to locals, a lot of work was done before the elections but since then nothing has been done. The former attractive route for people going from Santiago to the north coast or vice-versa is now abandoned.
According to Public Works Minister Victor Diaz Rua, the project is well advanced and the government has a lot of interest in finishing this highway because of its importance to the tourism industry. He said that it was not finished as originally scheduled due to the landslides that have increased the scale of the job, but they are working hard for it to be finished by mid-next year.
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#7)