To expand on SKY's post...
The crew made one pass thru Cabarete digging up the north side of the road to install pipes. They're now going back through installing what appear to be manhole covers near the center of the road. In what I guess is preparation for eventual paving, several of these manhole covers are high enough above the pavement that you'd risk damage to underside of your car - so drive carefully.
DAYTIME
Traffic's been one lane during the second construction (destruction?)pass thru town & handled rather well by DR standards. During the daytime, they are stopping traffic at each end of town & allowing traffic through one direction at a time.
Out of 6 one way trips through town in the last week, 5 took less than 5 minutes including all waiting time. The other took 30+ minutes due to two large trucks that couldn't get past each other.
NIGHTTIME
So far, there's been no one directing traffic at night. Portions are one lane & you're on your own trying to get thru these without running into someone coming your direction. There's room for your car & oncoming moto, but nothing else. On weekends, I'll use motos to avoid having to deal with it. Weeknights traffic is low enough it's not been too bad.
RUMOR
I heard there's a target date of Dec 15 to have the work completed AND the road repaved. The specific year was not mentioned.
