NewsWhore
02-21-2007, 02:00 PM
The Office for the Reorganization of Transport (OPRET) has announced that traffic from Maximo Gomez Avenue will be diverted towards Ortega y Gasset Avenue as soon as the bridge that joins Los Reyes Catolicos with the New Market (Mercado Nuevo) is finished. This bridge was taken out of service due to the Metro construction, but it has now been refitted and is almost ready to take traffic from Villa Mella along the north-south Maximo Gomez route. According to El Caribe, Leonel Carrasco from OPRET said that the new detour would facilitate the excavation of the tunnel at the intersection of Nicolas de Ovando and Maximo Gomez Avenues. Currently, drivers are using the streets that cross the Cristo Rey area to avoid tie-ups.
Of a more immediate nature is the announcement made in today's papers that the entire area around the Plaza de la Bandera (the large archway with the Dominican flag) will be closed to traffic as from 9:00am tomorrow. The plaza is located at the intersection of Luperon Avenue, 27 de Febrero Avenue and Isabel Aguiar Avenue. The detours will be controlled by AMET traffic policemen, and the closure will remain in effect until the Flag Day celebrations are over.
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Of a more immediate nature is the announcement made in today's papers that the entire area around the Plaza de la Bandera (the large archway with the Dominican flag) will be closed to traffic as from 9:00am tomorrow. The plaza is located at the intersection of Luperon Avenue, 27 de Febrero Avenue and Isabel Aguiar Avenue. The detours will be controlled by AMET traffic policemen, and the closure will remain in effect until the Flag Day celebrations are over.
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#2)