El Caribe newspaper reported that the Autovía del Este, the announced 59-kilometer Boca Chica to La Romana will be the first private highway. The newspaper reported that a concession will be granted to a private company to build the express highway between Boca Chica and La Romana. The government is also building a coastal highway that will go from Boca Chica passing through Juan Dolio and then on to La Romana. It will shorten the distance between Santo Domingo and La Romana by half. The government will build the boulevard between Boca Chica and San Pedro at an estimated cost of RD$675 million. Engineer Miguel Angel Logroño, director of Programming and Planning of Investments of the Ministry of Public Works, explained that the express highway will be built north of the present highway. The highway will permit a speed of up to 100 kilometers.
