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04-18-2012, 04:40 PM
Yesterday, Tuesday, 17 April President Leonel Fernandez inaugurated the elevated section of the Duarte Highway with Monumental Avenue in Santo Domingo. The new overpass was built at a cost of over US$18 million. The 530-meter overpass consists of a 220-meter viaduct and several 155-meter ramps. The overpass is part of Corredor Duarte I road project, an overall US$250 million commitment.

Santa Ana parish priest Father Alejandro Cabrera blessed the project, and Santo Domingo province Governor Idelfonso Vasquez made the welcome address.

Also present were Norma de Vargas, representing the local business sector, Marino Vinicio Castillo, Presidential advisor on drug-related issues and Education Minister Josefina Pimentel.

The Minister of the Armed Forces Lieutenant General Virgilio Perez Felix, the director of the state subsidized cafeteria program Nicolas Calderon, Manuel Estrella from the Estrella Group and Marcos Cruz from Odebrecht also attended the ceremony, as reported in Hoy.

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