I traveled on the mountain road between POP/Sosua and Santiago (Carretera Turistica) 2 weeks ago. Still places where you had to slow down and do a little weaving, but all in all it was in much better condition than I expected. This piece in today's Sosua News explains why:
[h=5]Caused by heavy rains, the tourist route between Puerto Plata and Santiago became almost impassable to traffic. In many places, pieces of the road have been washed away and the road is littered with potholes. The rains has washed away many pieces of asphalt. Residents who live along the road and drivers of public transport have asked the municipality of Puerto Plata several times to repair the Tourist route. But the municipality says it is the responsibility of the provincial government. And you get it, the provincial government answers that Puerto Plata is responsible. So nothing happens. In desperation, the drivers of public transport have decided to fill the potholes themselves. In recent days in several locations of the tourist route drivers of public transport have been working with shovels, picks, wheelbarrows with sand and bricks to fill up the potholes in the route.[/h]
[h=5]Thanks to the efforts of these drivers the 'Carretera Tur?stica', is passable again for traffic.[/h]
[h=5]Caused by heavy rains, the tourist route between Puerto Plata and Santiago became almost impassable to traffic. In many places, pieces of the road have been washed away and the road is littered with potholes. The rains has washed away many pieces of asphalt. Residents who live along the road and drivers of public transport have asked the municipality of Puerto Plata several times to repair the Tourist route. But the municipality says it is the responsibility of the provincial government. And you get it, the provincial government answers that Puerto Plata is responsible. So nothing happens. In desperation, the drivers of public transport have decided to fill the potholes themselves. In recent days in several locations of the tourist route drivers of public transport have been working with shovels, picks, wheelbarrows with sand and bricks to fill up the potholes in the route.[/h]
[h=5]Thanks to the efforts of these drivers the 'Carretera Tur?stica', is passable again for traffic.[/h]