Minister of Public Works Miguel Vargas Maldonado said RD$400 million are needed to finish the Autovia del Este, the express highway that will expedite traffic between Santo Domingo and the East. He said four months time is needed to complete it. As reported in the Listin Diario, RD$400 million is owed to the contractors for past work and work still pending. The Minister says his department is concluding payment agreements with the contractors so that the works can continue. He said the new bridge parallel to Duarte Bridge in Santo Domingo will be finished by September. And the Avenida Circunvalacion through San Pedro de Macoris will be finished in three months. Likewise a solution is sought to enable the prompt completion of the new bridge over Rio Higuamo, in the East. He also announced that the Santiago-Navarette highway expansion could be completed in October. The Ministry announced the completion of the Cruce El Pintado-Higuey (28.4 Km.) in the East, the Rio Soco Bridge in El Seibo and the Rio Yonú Bridge at Km. 28 of the Higuey-Nisibon-Miches highway.
