The Ministry of Public Works has announced the opening of the Samana highway to the general public on 1 June. Not sure if the toll collections will start that day. The highway reduces the time to get to Samana from 4 hours to 1.5 hour, considerably saving at a time when gasoline is so expensive.
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Samana highway open 1 June
thanks for the heads up, where does this highway originate? better said, beginning and ending points...i figure Samana is the final destination, but where does it start?
wow! only 5km east of the capital? thats crazy! i never noticed the construction....good stuff! i will be there later this year and perhaps headed that way then! 
Any chance of geting a map showing where the new road goes, from, to and the towns in between? thanks Phil
that would be nice....i would love to know exactly where east of santo domingo this highway will originate!
Here's a very recent thread,
http://www.dr1.com/forums/north-east-coast/67853-current-status-samana-santo-domingo-highway.html#21
All the darkened communities below you can find on this map.
The project contemplates construction of the road Santo Domingo-Cruce Rinc6n de
Molinillos (between Nagua and Sanchez) with a total length of 106 km. This road
will connect the national district of Santo Domingo with the roadway that connects
Nagua, Sanchez and Samana, at the northeastern coast of the Dominican Republic..
The road starts at km 15 of the Autopista de Las Americas (highway number 3, on the South Coast, East of Santo Domingo and West of Boca Chica) heading north, ...After the crossing with the Mella (Highway number 4)roadway , the road turns northeast up to the crossing
with the roadway that links the town of Bayaguana to Monte Plata (approximately
seven km from Monte Plata) [roadway number 23), over clayey strips.
Then it crosses the roadway that links Monte Plata to Sanchez and it continues in the
northeastern direction until it converges with the existing cart road that links Sabana
Grande de Boya with the sector known as Procad6n (dairy barns), the cart road has
an average width of five m with a junction length of approximately 12 km. In its
route it passes near the batey Sabanalarga, Gonzalo and Tarana, where the project
turns to the north.
In this sector of the Ozama River basin, the tributaries that stand out are the Cach6n
Stream, the Marucho Channel, the Yabacao River, Hundidero Stream, Palmilla
Stream, Socoa Stream, and Toro Prieto Stream.
Near the town of Sabana Grande de Boya and heading towards Majagual it crosses at
several points with the Sabana Grande de Boya - Majagual roadway passing near the
Batey Enriquillo, Juan Sanchez and Batey Nuevo, an area with karst limestone, and
inside the Aras River basin.
From Majagual the road follows the existing cart road (nine km) into Los Haitises
until it exits near the town of Guaraguao (Bajo Yuna), and it takes the route that links
Guaraguao with Rinc6n de Molinillos branching off three km before reaching this
crossing, going through La Mata del Aguacate (El Aguacate).
The area of Los Haitises constitutes a karst relief integrated by isolated domes of
very hard reef limestone, separated by depressions or drains filled with laterite
ground coming from neighboring residual origin.
This last stretch crosses the area of the Gran Esteroun the area of the Bajo Yuna
whose main characteristic is bad drainage due to the low slopes that are present in
the area, with a flood prairie conformed by fine sediments associated with lenses of
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sandy slit, sands and fine gravel. The project meets the Yuna River at the town of
Reforma, between Villa Riva and El Lim6n.
http://www.dr1.com/forums/north-east-coast/67853-current-status-samana-santo-domingo-highway.html#21
HERE
All the darkened communities below you can find on this map.
The project contemplates construction of the road Santo Domingo-Cruce Rinc6n de
Molinillos (between Nagua and Sanchez) with a total length of 106 km. This road
will connect the national district of Santo Domingo with the roadway that connects
Nagua, Sanchez and Samana, at the northeastern coast of the Dominican Republic..
The road starts at km 15 of the Autopista de Las Americas (highway number 3, on the South Coast, East of Santo Domingo and West of Boca Chica) heading north, ...After the crossing with the Mella (Highway number 4)roadway , the road turns northeast up to the crossing
with the roadway that links the town of Bayaguana to Monte Plata (approximately
seven km from Monte Plata) [roadway number 23), over clayey strips.
Then it crosses the roadway that links Monte Plata to Sanchez and it continues in the
northeastern direction until it converges with the existing cart road that links Sabana
Grande de Boya with the sector known as Procad6n (dairy barns), the cart road has
an average width of five m with a junction length of approximately 12 km. In its
route it passes near the batey Sabanalarga, Gonzalo and Tarana, where the project
turns to the north.
In this sector of the Ozama River basin, the tributaries that stand out are the Cach6n
Stream, the Marucho Channel, the Yabacao River, Hundidero Stream, Palmilla
Stream, Socoa Stream, and Toro Prieto Stream.
Near the town of Sabana Grande de Boya and heading towards Majagual it crosses at
several points with the Sabana Grande de Boya - Majagual roadway passing near the
Batey Enriquillo, Juan Sanchez and Batey Nuevo, an area with karst limestone, and
inside the Aras River basin.
From Majagual the road follows the existing cart road (nine km) into Los Haitises
until it exits near the town of Guaraguao (Bajo Yuna), and it takes the route that links
Guaraguao with Rinc6n de Molinillos branching off three km before reaching this
crossing, going through La Mata del Aguacate (El Aguacate).
The area of Los Haitises constitutes a karst relief integrated by isolated domes of
very hard reef limestone, separated by depressions or drains filled with laterite
ground coming from neighboring residual origin.
This last stretch crosses the area of the Gran Esteroun the area of the Bajo Yuna
whose main characteristic is bad drainage due to the low slopes that are present in
the area, with a flood prairie conformed by fine sediments associated with lenses of
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sandy slit, sands and fine gravel. The project meets the Yuna River at the town of
Reforma, between Villa Riva and El Lim6n.
Oh you can totally use it! Like I said before, I went from Las Terrenas to Santo Domingo last Thursday, but it is far from finished. Some areas are ready some are not even paved and there's an area where you cannot use it at all.
I used the road yesterday to go to Monte Plata. No way they can open it 1 june! There is still about 10 km unpaved area. There is also about 5 km hard soil area (no cement poured) which was very VERY muddy yesterday because of the rains. My car looked like it just came out of muddy safari.
Savana Grande de Boya onwards is fully paved.
Tramo 1 and about 2/3 of Tramo 2 are paved. Rest of tramo 2 is cemented soil. Tramo 3 is muddy (after rain) and gravel. 2nd 1/2 of Tramo 4 onwards, Tramo 5 and Tramo 6 are fully paved.
On 1 june, however, they open up traffic up till the 2nd toll booth (tramo 1 and tramo 2), and the toll will be 40 pesos.
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One more theory comes into mind. The road is getting lots of transit even if it is officially not opened yet and has a large portion still under construction. The owners may have decided to open the road up and charge the toll... the traffic is flowing anyway, regardless of ongoing construction, so they may have decided to just let the same go on, but charge the toll.... road officially opened.
That's precisely what's happening. It's not all bad though. I've been told that from Sunday on, they'll responsible for giving you assistance- including free towing if necessary - if you ever get stuck or if your car breaks down while driving on it.
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