It's a pity they didn't work "diligently" and "tirelessly" as soon as the bridge collapsed, rather than doing almost nothing for over a year.
PUERTO PLATA. - Against the clock and at full capacity, construction work on the new bridge over the Camú River in the Sabaneta de Cangrejos community continues.
For several weeks now, a large number of workers and heavy equipment have been seen at the site, under the supervision of engineers, working diligently on said infrastructure work.
It is the new viaduct is of vital importance to link locations located on the main road that connects San Felipe de Puerto Plata, Montellano, and Sosúa with the General Gregorio Luperón International Airport.
Said four-lane viaduct was erected by Grupo Estrella, with a million-dollar investment by the central government, after the old bridge collapsed more than a year ago and it is projected that it will be delivered before Christmas Eve.
The work on said road infrastructure is supervised by a board of engineers headed by Manuel Estrella, who meticulously inspects the placement of the stirrup linkage and the boards that will support the metal part above.
Likewise, the director of the Cibao-North Regional of the Ministry of Public Works and Communications (MOPC), Basilio González, gave guarantees that the bridge over the Camú River in Sabaneta de Cangrejos will be delivered in December of this year as promised by President Luis Abinader.
Work is being done tirelessly on the construction of this bridge; several immense high-quality steel beams have already been made in the Grupo Estrella workshops that will be transported to Puerto Plata to carry out this long-awaited work," said González.
By: Antonio Heredia
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Cangrejo bridge closed due to major structural failure.
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The La Vega bridge was buikt within the year of the collapse of the original. That is a bridge on the most important highway of the country connecting the two most prosperous region (which much of the prosperity of the north being in the Cibao Valley, not the North Coast; population numbers tell this as Puerto Plata province has around 300,000 but just Santiago province has over a million and most of that live in thr valley and not the mountains of Santiago.) A lot of voters crosses through there everyday.
Of course that region has priority. The north coast has become the bastard child of the DR. It is obvious in the lack of projects and the lack of speed here.
Just three examples are the Cabarete Bypass, the Sosua Hospital and the Congrejo bridge.
Only a 5 mile stretch from Sabaneta to Los Brazos is still unfinished. It's under construction now.
These projects overrun for a few simple reasons. They have to bleed time (double time, holiday, weekend pay etc) and materials costs so both the contractor and the state sponsor can extract the maximum payday. No one makes money on an infrastructure project that finishes on time and on budget.
In the real world there are penalties for not finishing on the contracted date. There are also bonuses for finishing on time or sooner. Unfortunately this is not that case. Everything here is the other way around.
I don't know what "real world" you are talking about. Canada?? I guess you have no clue of what goes on behind the scenes, for example, in a NYC highway project. Who is doing the penalizing when the sponsor and contractors are aligned? Real world 🤣🤣🤣
Correct. But I have to travel that stretch almost every day. Apart from the delays, my car is a terrible mess from all the dust and mud.
In the UK they have all sorts of incentives to finish road works quickly, including penalties for being late. They have a scheme called "lane rental" where contractors pay a fee for the amount of time a part of a motorway (freeway to you) is out of use. This is deducted from whatever they get paid for doing the work. I wonder if it would work here?
They can write the contracts anyway they please. What happens behind the scenes is the reason for all the court cases here.
Hopefully the bridge will be done within the next 6 months.
Hopefully the bridge will be done within the next 6 months.
worked 40 plus years in the road building industry in CANADA. When working on large projects and especially government sponsored projects there is almost always a penalty bonus system in place in the contract. It is always based on quality control and time constraints. I have no idea how it works in NYC. So my "real" world is based on my experience from canada.
Unfortunately as the court cases show, the DR is a different environment. Eventually we won't have to take a detour.
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