Oderbrecht Has Moved Into Jarabacoa

Oderbrecht has rented our old house on La Confluencia as their coordinating office for the area. It's a 5500sf 6br/7ba house on an acre. There are 10-15 vehicles parked there every day and an army of guards.

That tells me the rumors are true: the old road between Jarabacoa and Constanza will be construced and properly paved.

In fact, there has some construction of drainage channels for a couple of months, but Oderbrecht is now here in earnest.

Great news! A paved road will be a fantastic trip for folks! the views from the ridge is amazing!

jrhartley said:

it will last about a year ....then need too much maintenance

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Not necessarily.

What kills a road is:
1) Lack of proper prep work
2) Water

I have been impressed with the Oderbrecht work on the Samana Aquaducts and roads. One thing they have done is put in proper drainage and crown the road, as well as good prop work. I'll bet the roads will last much longer than some of the BAD engineering in other places.

They are doing an excellent job with drainage ditches on the Jarabacoa-Constanza roads, ditches 3' wide and 3' deep, done in concrete and rocks, with 18" concrete pipes beneath the road where needed. Now if they crown the road properly they should last.

Look at the work of the Autopista-Constanza roud through the mountains. Seems to be very well done...even for big truck traffic.

Now if they set their sights on the Constanza-San Jose de Ocvoa road...as promised in the '08 elections...that will expand tourism in the area greatly, not to mention being able to get to the SW without having to endure the Santo Domingo/San Cristobal/Bani mess...

Hope prevails. I'l bet even our resident civil engineer would approve...