The Metropolitan Transport Authority (AMET) announced today the start of the new bus route to be known as Corredor Naco. The new route will service the Polígono Central of Santo Domingo, the booming commercial and residential area of the capital city. Parking is prohibited on the streets and avenues to be used by the OMSA buses. Vehicles illegally parked from 6 am to 10 pm will be towed away. The new route begins at Km. 9-1/2 of Duarte Highway going East until turning South down Av. Núñez de Cáceres. Then it turns East on Av. Gustavo Mejía Ricart continuing until Av. Tiradentes where it goes North to San Cristóbal Street, doing a loop around the Plaza de la Salud (down Ortega y Gasset, West on San Martín) to rejoin the Av. Tiradentes turning East along Av. Roberto Pastoriza, then North along Jose Brea Peña street, West along Av. Gustavo Mejia Ricart, North up Av. Núñez de Cáceres and back to the Duarte Highway. The new bus route will have stops near the Plaza de la Salud, Ministry of Public Works, Armed Forces Hospital, Juan Pablo Duarte Olympic Center, Quisqueya Ballpark, Plaza Naco shopping center, Corazones Unidos Clinic, Salvador B. Gautier Hospital, Ministry of Public Health, Multicentro Churchill shopping center, Los Prados social club, and Movilab among other places. The route will benefit public bus users that travel to and from the neighborhoods of Los Prados, Villa María, Urbanización Fernández, Estela Marina, Evaristo Morales, La Agustina, Los Praditos, Naco, Ensanche La Fé, Piantini, Las Praderas, La Castellana, La Esperilla, San Gerónimo, El Millón, La Agustinita, and Julieta. Travel on an OMSA bus costs RD$3.00 regardless of the distance.
