I love those optimistic models with three little cars dotted around. The reality is they need to plonk about 1000 cars on the model as well as an AMET stopping all the traffic in the center
I love those optimistic models with three little cars dotted around. The reality is they need to plonk about 1000 cars on the model as well as an AMET stopping all the traffic in the center
JD Jones... I have to admit you were right about Abinadar all along. He is the best Presidente this country has ever had, and he is the man to bring the Dominican Rebublic to the the top of latin America in ecomonic growth... and best of all he is as honest as the day is long.,,,,,,,,,,,,,,And let's not forget this infrastructure project that's just starting - Ave. Colombia, which has turned into another huge bottleneck.
It's hard to believe when I lived there 20 years ago, that area was mostly undeveloped land. Houses that I looked at to buy are now towers.
JD Jones... I have to admit you were right about Abinadar all along. He is the best Presidente this country has ever had, and he is the man to bring the Dominican Rebublic to the the top of latin America in ecomonic growth... and best of all he is as honest as the day is long.,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
The interesting thing about the current one is that he is an economist and was highly critical of the economic data the Banco Central was posting during the governments of Leonel Fernández. Several of his criticism were published in the Listín Diario.Well thank you, Doc, I do appreciate the kind words.
I just hope he turns his attention to Medio Ambiente soon. The guy that took Jorge Mera's job is a complete 180 and is completely worthless
Finally! SD had so many traffic circles and most were destroyed to make way for tunnels and overpasses. I noticed that in various countries in Central America and in Colombia they didn’t destroy the traffic circles, simply built the tunnels under them and the overpasses over them. I think eventually many of the traffic circles destroyed in SD will be returned. It was by orders of Balaguer that the center of many of these traffic circles had a statue (of a different person in each one.)
SD was ‘t the only one with many traffic circles. I remember when Santiago had many and so did Puerto Plata before the redid Manolo Tavárez (then named Circunvalación Sur, was made of cement and had a central median with cana palms along it, but not as close as in the malecón of SD.) You can still tell where some of the PP traffic circles were.
Yes, but I don't think they'll be coming back. Too much lost real estate. And where's all of the statues?Are you talking about roundabouts?
I would put public education and public health care at the top of the list....and the Presidente is the best man for the job.... the more I think about the Presidente, he is the Abraham Lincoln of the Dominican RepublicWell thank you, Doc, I do appreciate the kind words.
I just hope he turns his attention to Medio Ambiente soon. The guy that took Jorge Mera's job is a complete 180 and is completely worthless
Many of the intersections where they were are still there in the original size. The traffic circles were removed and the instersections were modified. Look where Churchill/Jiménez Moya and 27 de Febrero meet. Those odd triangles on all 4 corners was to make up for the added space from the original traffic circle once they made that intersection as an +. That was done when the tunnel was built in the late 1990’s by Leonel Fernández 1st government. Even the traffic lights followed the typical American types (originally there were several traffic lights, each vertical but spaced on the same long pole.) That contrasted with the Spanish type traffic lights that are still abundant in SD (one pole bent at the top to create a sort of upside down L and one vertical traffic light on top (or two right next to each other) and another on the side above the sidewalk. In Spain traffic lights are like that almost everywhere.Yes, but I don't think they'll be coming back. Too much lost real estate. And where's all of the statues?
Thanks for the link! Lots of advances on many projects benefiting farmers.INDRHI publishes an online bulletin of the progress of their projects. Worth taking a look:
Olmedo Caba is to water management like David Collado is to Tourism