If you were in Santo Domingo over the New Year holidays, you surely were asked or asked: "have you been through the tunnels?" The new 27 de Febrero Avenue underpasses were visited by thousands of Dominicans after they opened on 30 December. Pickups and cars packed with "city tourists" toured the tunnels causing congestion on New Year’s day. The Ministry of Public Works has more of the same in store for the next year and a half remaining of the Fern?ndez administration. Work continues on the expansion of the Las Americas highway to eight lanes from Duarte Bridge to Boca Chica and on to San Pedro de Macor?s and other overpasses. The overpass of Las Americas Avenue will lead on to the six lane expansion of the avenue from the Juan Carlos bridge to the intersection with the entrance of the Airport. Where the Duarte bridge and Juan Carlos bridge stretches unite, the highway will be expanded to eight lanes. Work is advanced already on the completion of the overpasses at the intersection with the Las Americas International Airport. Work has yet to begin on the overpasses at the intersection of the Leopoldo Navarro and 27 de Febrero. Modernization works include the completion of the Winston Churchill and J.F. Kennedy overpass leading on to the expansion of the Autopista Duarte to six lanes from that intersection to Km. 9 of the highway. The government is also building overpasses at the intersection of Autopista 30 de Mayo and Avenida Luperon, and Km. 12 of Carretera S?nchez and Autopista 30 de Mayo in the south. The Autopista 30 de Mayo park area is also well advanced.
