The Ministry of Public Works and the City of Santo Domingo announced that the new one-way street direction for the Polígono Central area of Santo Domingo will be effective as of 6 am on Tuesday, 17 October. The new direction of the streets is to reduce traffic bottlenecks in the area where shopping and residential projects are booming. Street signs indicate the new direction of the streets, most of which were two-way streets until now. Street directions will be as follows starting Tuesday: Dr. Defilló: North-South Carmen de Mendoza: South-North Hatuey: West-East Luis F. Thomen: East-West Roberto Pastoriza: West-East Federico Geraldino: North-South Gustavo Mejía Ricart: West-East Fantino Falco: East-West Paseo de los Locutores: East-West Av. Mexico: East-West Paseo de los Locutores: East-West Emiliano Tardif: South-North Rafael Augusto Sánchez: West-East Virgilio Díaz Ordoñez: South-North Máximo Avilés Blonda: North -South Max Henríquez Ureña: East-West Rafael Augusto Sánchez: West-East Porfirio Herrera: East-West Roberto Pastoriza: West-East Pedro Henríquez Ureña: West-East Dr. Heriberto Pieter: East-West