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11-01-2007, 06:20 PM
Initial estimates of the monetary cost of the damages by Noel are RD$1.2 billion, says Public Works Minister Victor Diaz Rua. Diaz added that the largest amount of damage occurred in San Cristobal, Bani, Azua and Monsenor Nouel provinces, where 27 bridges were heavily affected, while six collapsed. In San Jose de Ocoa, the Palmar de Ocoa Bridge collapsed and mudslides occurred in neighboring La Cienaga, Palo de Caja and El Pinar. Also the bridges at La Gina, Monte la Jagua, Arroyo Tapado, Juma, Sabaneta, Barranca, Salcedo, Espaillat and La Vega, as well as three bridges in Monsenor Nouel that linked Bonao with La Vega and Piedra Blanca with Maimon.
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