The modern tramway the government plans to build along the John F. Kennedy Avenue, will be 11 kilometers long and run from Km. 9 of the Autopista Duarte to the bridge over Avenida Padre Castellanos. A cost of US$30-US$55 million is foreseen. President Leonel Fern?ndez is scheduled to travel to France in January of next year to sign the funding of the project with the French Development Agency, the director of Operations of the Metropolitan Authority of Transport (AMET), Mario Berg?s explained to El Siglo newspaper. Two French companies, Bceon and Semaly are carrying out the project’s feasibility studies. The tramway will be able to transport 11 to 15,000 persons per hour. With the operation of the tramway, AMET seeks to capture 15% of the population that today uses their cars for intercity transport. The John F. Kennedy is the city avenue with the most traffic. The tramway will travel at an average speed of 24 kilometers, taking into consideration the time the tramway cars will stop to pick up and drop off passengers. The tramway could be installed in a year’s time.
