A river transport system will provide service between the banks of the Ozama River as the government constructs the essential bridge that will carry the Metro II section of the Santo Domingo Metro towards Santo Domingo East.
The second subway line was initially scheduled to begin in Los Alcarrizos and end in San Luis, but budget limitations caused it to start at the Luperon avenue cloverleaf intersection on the Duarte Highway and stop before the Ozama River. Now it is planned to cross the river and reach the Megacentro shopping mall on the Mella Highway. Parts of the Gualey and La Barquita neighborhoods are being prepared to receive the flow of passengers. According to El Dia, the director of the Transport Reorganization Office (OPRET), Diandino Pena and his deputy, Leonel Carrasco, visited the area yesterday, Wednesday 12 February and encouraged the workers to do their jobs with the greatest possible order. The government is also helping 800 local families that will need to be relocated.
Carrasco said that the new phase of the metro would add another four kilometers to the route with stations at Los Tres Brazos, Fernando de Navarrete, Trina de Moya and the Megacentro.