DR1 Daily News - Dominican Republic

Several past presidents of the Dominican Engineers and Architects Association (Codia) now say the recent Abinader administration decision to build a monorail in Santo Domingo instead of continuing with the metro lines is a planning mistake, as reported in N Digital.

A coalition of former presidents from the Dominican College of Engineers, Architects, and Surveyors (Codia) sharply criticized the proposed Santo Domingo Monorail project, labeling it a “planning error” that is destined to be “saturated” from inception due to technical, legal, and financial limitations.

The powerful rebuke was delivered by engineer Thomás Frías Sosa on behalf of the signatories. While clarifying that the professionals are not opposed to mass transit, they warned that the chosen monorail model is “technically limited, financially risky, and legally questionable.”

Frías Sosa stressed that...