DR1 Daily News - Dominican Republic

The 2023 intelligent traffic lights contracting at the National Institute of Transport and Transit (Intrant) continues to make headlines as leading media share details following the confirmation of the Procurement Agency that there were irregularities in the RD$1.3 billion contract. The contract was initially protested by leading suppliers of the technology that said the contract was rigged in favor of the beneficiaries, as reported in Acento.

The director of Intrant, Hugo Beras insists there was transparency and calls for the continuing of the installation of the devices. Reports are that the installation of the devices is well advanced. The contract was signed in March 2023.

Over the weekend, Diario Libre published the information that Pedro Padovani Baez who on his Linkedin page reported he had four years of experience as general coordinator of the Intrant Traffic...