NewsWhore
01-15-2007, 04:50 PM
The Santo Domingo Metro System (SDMS) will transport an estimated 250,000 people a day, according to a story in Saturday's Listin Diario. According to the report, several kilometers of tunnel have now been finished, and reporters visited the tunnel at the intersection of Tunti Caceres and Maximo Gomez, where part of the platform area is near completion. According to SDMS sub-director Leonel Carrasco, the project is following its critical path and is on schedule, so far. However, today's Listin Diario headline reports that part of the wall of the excavation collapsed yesterday afternoon, leading to road closures along Maximo Gomez Avenue between Santiago and Ramon Santana Streets in Gazcue. The closure, sure to further disrupt traffic even further, will last for at least two months. The collapse occurred at 2:30 in the afternoon and was attributed to the rains that fell over the last few days, as well as a heavy crane that used the roadway next to the trench wall. The accident also destroyed a ten-inch water pipe servicing the area, and also flooded the tunnel itself.
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