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04-13-2007, 05:10 PM
President Leonel Fernandez inaugurated yesterday the Cruce del Isleno-Macao road. The two-lane road cost RD$174 million and shaves 45 minutes off from the travel time from La Otra Banda to Uvero and Alto Macao, on the northern side of the East Coast beach strip. The 17.2 kilometer road was built with funds from the airport tax that visitors to the DR must pay. National Hotel and Restaurant Association (ASONAHORES) head Luis Lopez thanked President Leonel Fernandez for the government's support. Tourism Minister Felix Jimenez also announced the CEIZTUR fund managed by the Ministry would be used to finance housing development projects in towns located alongside the renovated road and where Dominicans who work in East Coast hotels live.
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