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10-16-2007, 05:20 PM
The Office for the Reorganization of Transit (OPRET) is challenging the assertion made by geologist Osiris De Leon that the subway cars being purchased for the Santo Domingo metro cost double what they cost the Shanghai Metro project in China. OPRET sub director Leonel Carrasco justified the much higher cost saying that the comparison is not valid because Chinese cars are being built by the Puzhen Company in China with the help of Alston, while the Santo Domingo cars are being completely built by the Alston Company. Carrasco said that de Leon is making political, not technical comments. For the Santo Domingo metro project 57 cars and 7 engines have been purchased. Carrasco said that the metro, despite all criticisms, had passed its first test after surviving Hurricane Dean and promised that it would be ready by 25 February 2008.
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