Santo Domingo is a parking lot

[NewsWhore]

The streets and avenues of Santo Domingo are becoming parking lots with traffic tie-ups becoming the norm. According to El Caribe, the causes include street repairs, a lack of working traffic lights and an increase in political activities throughout the city. All the city's major thoroughfares are plagued with these inconveniences: Abraham Lincoln, Winston Churchill, 27 de Febrero, Tiradentes, Nunez de Caceres and Maximo Gomez avenues to name but a few. Metropolitan Transport Authority (AMET) officers are frequently blamed by the public for poor traffic flow management. One of the complaints from many drivers is that if there is a working traffic light, there is no need for an AMET officer to direct traffic. AMET chief Latif Miguel Mahfoud responded by telling reporters that, "there are situations that you do not know about and that are communicated directly to the agents."

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