Santiago prepares to invest RD$88.2 billion in infrastructure over next 10 years

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President Luis Abinader was in Santiago over the weekend and said the city skylift would be in operation by 2023. He also reviewed billionaire investments that are part of Santiago’s updated Strategic Development Plan, handled by the Santiago Strategic Development Council. There are also projects that will improve the use of the port facilities that are to be built in Manzanillo, to the north in Montecristi province. The infrastructure projects include the Navarrete Beltway. Other highways and roads are also in the works in and around Santiago. The Public Health sector is getting a renewed emphasis placed on primary care centers and preventive medicine.

Moreso, the action plan calls for efforts to support provincial and metropolitan organization/zoning project; the protection of the central and northern mountain ranges and the reduction of cattle...

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Turning the DR into a concrete jungle.
Cattle ranchers aren't carving up the country in order to shuttle tourist around in order to shave 20 minutes off their normal travel times to and from.

 

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The cable car will operate in Santiago in 2023, as Abinader promises​

President Luis Abinader guaranteed over the weekend that by 2023 there will be a substantial improvement in the road system here.

After spending Saturday and Sunday in that province, the president said that by that year the Santiago cable car will already be operating, which will allow better transportation, recognizing that road problems are not completely solved in the cities, but if "improvements can be achieved significant ”. Abinader stressed that the cable car system, which will cover several populous sectors of the southern part of the city, will be linked to the Monorail, whose construction he promised will begin soon.

Speaking at the opening ceremony of the expansion of the Cibao airport, Abinader said that the business sector must have confidence and optimism, in the government's support and highlighted the large investment that will be made in this work, of 17,000 million.

Abinader was received by the main executives of the airport, led by the president of its board of directors, Félix García, who highlighted the importance of the work, which is part of the development efforts of Santiago, with the forces unleashed after the fall. of the Trujillo dictatorship.

“Today we begin the expansion of this airport, with an investment of 300 million dollars. With this investment, we will expand the aircraft movement and parking platform, in addition, we will extend the runway by about 280 meters, going from a 2,620-meter runway to a 3,000-meter runway, with which we will be able to accommodate aircraft of greater capacity and range, "he said. the governor.

Source: ListinDiario

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