DR1 Daily News - Dominican Republic

In a coordinated effort to improve public safety and urban aesthetics, the Dominican Telecommunications Institute (Indotel), the Mayor’s Office of the National District (ADN), and the Unified Council of Electricity Distribution Companies (CUED) signed a strategic cooperation agreement on Thursday, 26 February 2026, to remove obsolete and unused aerial cabling across the capital, as reported in Diario Libre.

The agreement was formalized by Guido Gómez Mazara, president of Indotel; Celso Marranzini, president of the CUED; and Carolina Mejía, Mayor of the National District. The initiative targets the “visual pollution” caused by tangled wires and aims to mitigate physical risks to pedestrians and drivers caused by deteriorating infrastructure.

In recent years, residents of Santo Domingo have frequently reported “spaghetti” wiring falling into streets, posing...