NewsWhore
05-16-2012, 04:30 PM
President Leonel Fernandez and Minister of Public Works Victor Diaz Rua inaugurated the last part of the Duarte highway project (Corredor Duarte), the elevated section above the intersection of Manoguayabo road, yesterday, Tuesday, 15 May.
The east-west Duarte corridor starts in los Alcarrizos and runs to the tunnel under Ortega and Gasset Avenue that connects the Correa and Cidron road outside the Autonomous University of Santo Domingo (UASD).
Public Works Minister Victor Diaz Rua said that the highway project, which includes a series of overpasses and underpasses to ease traffic flow, would pay for itself in less than five years. It enables commuters to cross the city in 10 minutes without having to stop at traffic lights.
The Manoguayabo overpass is 530 meters long, has six lanes, three in each direction and a 24-meter central reservation. Traffic to the north of Santo Domingo will now be faster. Businesses like Carrefour that were adversely affected by traffic delays during the construction, now expect to benefit from the improved traffic flow.
The project, which began in July 2009, was constructed by Odebrecht and Estrella and will now help traffic coming into the capital from the north of the country. Marcos Cruz, president of Odebrecht, and his Dominican counterpart, engineer Manuel Estrella also attended the ceremony.
During the inauguration, Diaz Rua announced plans to continue works aimed now at providing north-south road solutions. The first would be at 27 de Febrero with Maximo Gomez and Winston Churchill avenues, as reported in El Dia.
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#1)
The east-west Duarte corridor starts in los Alcarrizos and runs to the tunnel under Ortega and Gasset Avenue that connects the Correa and Cidron road outside the Autonomous University of Santo Domingo (UASD).
Public Works Minister Victor Diaz Rua said that the highway project, which includes a series of overpasses and underpasses to ease traffic flow, would pay for itself in less than five years. It enables commuters to cross the city in 10 minutes without having to stop at traffic lights.
The Manoguayabo overpass is 530 meters long, has six lanes, three in each direction and a 24-meter central reservation. Traffic to the north of Santo Domingo will now be faster. Businesses like Carrefour that were adversely affected by traffic delays during the construction, now expect to benefit from the improved traffic flow.
The project, which began in July 2009, was constructed by Odebrecht and Estrella and will now help traffic coming into the capital from the north of the country. Marcos Cruz, president of Odebrecht, and his Dominican counterpart, engineer Manuel Estrella also attended the ceremony.
During the inauguration, Diaz Rua announced plans to continue works aimed now at providing north-south road solutions. The first would be at 27 de Febrero with Maximo Gomez and Winston Churchill avenues, as reported in El Dia.
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#1)