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08-09-2011, 03:10 PM
Brigades from the Ministry of Public Works, the municipalities of Greater Santo Domingo, the Water and Sewer Corporation of Santo Domingo (CAASD) and companies that work in the Duquesa land fill increased the pace of work yesterday to restore the damaged stretch of the muddy road that leads to the refuse dump and that has been impacted by recent rains.
The repair work caused many of the dump trucks and other transporters of refuse to remain outside the area during the day, even when they were filled up, since it was practically impossible to get through.
Jose Miguel Martinez, the director of Sanitation for the National District city government, said a truck would spend around seven hours in queue to reach the land fill, that normally receives 3,700 tons of garbage a day n primarily 1,000 tons from East Santo Domingo, and 2,000 tons from the National District, all carried in around 400 vehicles.
Martinez said that the participation of the Ministry of Public Works with its trucks and heavy equipment will expedite improving the poor state of the road.
This assistance came as a response to the Commonwealth of Greater Santo Domingo that called for help from the government to restore the road. The petition was also made some time ago by the drivers that work for the companies that transfer the refuse to Duquesa, and who said they had been having health problems due to the abrupt movement of the vehicles as they fall into the holes in the road. Moreover, the mud that appears each time it rains makes a two kilometer stretch of the road impassable.
Nonetheless, Martinez explained to Diario Libre reporters that it will not be possible to pave the road until the "dry season" January to March 2012, when the rains stop. The so-called "collapse" of the road that gives access to the landfill has occurred over the last 10 days. Martinez said that the day before yesterday there were more than a dozen trucks with flat tires.
The reconstruction work, called "Operation Guaranteed Passage" were halted by the appearance of a water pipe that caused a big leak which required the presence of technicians from the CAASD. Access to the landfill at Duquesa is possible by two roads, but the residents of the neighborhood called "Casabito" complained of the trucks and now just the one road is used.
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The repair work caused many of the dump trucks and other transporters of refuse to remain outside the area during the day, even when they were filled up, since it was practically impossible to get through.
Jose Miguel Martinez, the director of Sanitation for the National District city government, said a truck would spend around seven hours in queue to reach the land fill, that normally receives 3,700 tons of garbage a day n primarily 1,000 tons from East Santo Domingo, and 2,000 tons from the National District, all carried in around 400 vehicles.
Martinez said that the participation of the Ministry of Public Works with its trucks and heavy equipment will expedite improving the poor state of the road.
This assistance came as a response to the Commonwealth of Greater Santo Domingo that called for help from the government to restore the road. The petition was also made some time ago by the drivers that work for the companies that transfer the refuse to Duquesa, and who said they had been having health problems due to the abrupt movement of the vehicles as they fall into the holes in the road. Moreover, the mud that appears each time it rains makes a two kilometer stretch of the road impassable.
Nonetheless, Martinez explained to Diario Libre reporters that it will not be possible to pave the road until the "dry season" January to March 2012, when the rains stop. The so-called "collapse" of the road that gives access to the landfill has occurred over the last 10 days. Martinez said that the day before yesterday there were more than a dozen trucks with flat tires.
The reconstruction work, called "Operation Guaranteed Passage" were halted by the appearance of a water pipe that caused a big leak which required the presence of technicians from the CAASD. Access to the landfill at Duquesa is possible by two roads, but the residents of the neighborhood called "Casabito" complained of the trucks and now just the one road is used.
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#6)