DR1 Daily News - Dominican Republic

The Francisco del Rosario Sanchez Bridge, also known as the “17”, will be closed down during Easter Week for repairs.

The recent JetSet Club tragedy that took 226 lives for an apparent structural failure spurred hundreds of complaints who feared the imminent collapse of the aging bridge.

Complaints regarding the delaying of the repairs had been in the media for weeks.

The note from the Ministry of Public Work stresses that a very high-grade group of local and foreign engineers and technicians, including those who designed and built the bridge, will carry out the repairs.