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07-15-2011, 03:40 PM
Vice President Rafael Alburquerque did the honors during the official inauguration ceremony for the 770-meter tunnel under Charles de Gaulle Avenue and Las Americas Expressway in eastern Santo Domingo. The tunnel, the Av. Estados Unidos overpass, a bridge, and paving the surrounding roads, cost taxpayers RD$1.6 billion. The Presidency Public Works Supervisory Office (OISOE) was responsible for the work. It is aimed at easing traffic flow between the Santo Domingo East municipality and the National District section of Greater Santo Domingo.
The tunnel is on the northern side of the Expressway between Av. San Vicente de Paul and Juan Carlos I Bridge. OISOE director Luis Sifres Nunez stressed the positive impact the tunnel will have on the residents of eastern Santo Domingo.
Santo Domingo East mayor Juan de los Santos, Governor of the Province of Santo Domingo Idelfonso Vasquez, Public Works Minister Victor Diaz Rua, Armed Forces Minister Virgilio Perez Feliz, Police Chief Armando Polanco Gomez and senator Cristina Lizardo also attended the event.
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The tunnel is on the northern side of the Expressway between Av. San Vicente de Paul and Juan Carlos I Bridge. OISOE director Luis Sifres Nunez stressed the positive impact the tunnel will have on the residents of eastern Santo Domingo.
Santo Domingo East mayor Juan de los Santos, Governor of the Province of Santo Domingo Idelfonso Vasquez, Public Works Minister Victor Diaz Rua, Armed Forces Minister Virgilio Perez Feliz, Police Chief Armando Polanco Gomez and senator Cristina Lizardo also attended the event.
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