The European Union and the Haitian government have started work on the new highway that will join Dajabon in the Dominican Republic with Cap-Haitien, Haiti’s second-largest city. The 75-kilometer stretch was last rebuilt in the 1980s, during Jean Claude “Baby Doc” Duvallier’s regime. The roadway will cost ?41 million and take approximately three years to complete.
Marcel van Opstal, the European Commission’s head of delegation in Haiti, and Haitian Prime Minister Gerard Latortue formally announced the start of the construction yesterday.