DR1 Daily News - Dominican Republic

With a large number of traffic lights already replaced, the Comptroller General of the Republic announced the carrying out of a special audit of the contracting process for the modernization, expansion and management service of the comprehensive system of the Traffic Control Center and the Traffic Light Network of Greater Santo Domingo.

The new traffic lights, it seems, have not yet been interconnected, and Digesett traffic agents are frequently directing traffic instead of the new devices. The local perception is that the Digesett traffic agents are part of the problem, not the solution.

Comptroller General of the Republic Félix Santana García explained that the investigation into the INTRANT-CCC-LPN-2023-001 process has been carried out through the Audit Department and the Anti-Fraud Unit of the Comptroller General Office since November 2023 when the Procurement Agency...