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12-03-2008, 03:30 PM
Yesterday, President Leonel Fernandez inaugurated the new highway connecting the Santiago de la Cruz crossroads with Buena Vista and Loma de Cabrera, in Dajabon province. The 20-kilometer road stretch cost RD$296 million. But it was the efforts of concerned citizen-turned social activist Angel Sosa that really got the road completed. Sosa, dubbed the Pilgrim of the Cross, lobbied the government to finish the road and walked an astonishing 300 kilometers from his home to the doorstep of the Presidential Palace in Santo Domingo to promote his cause. Officials say that the road would improve the quality of life for local residents. Dominican musician Fernando Villalona also attended the inauguration ceremony.
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