Engineer Teodoro Tejada has sent his congratulations to President Danilo Medina for his decision not to build the San Juan de la Maguana-Santiago mountain road, as reported in Diario Libre. Tejada described the decision as “wise and logical.”
He recommended that the government rebuild and expand the already existing roads between San Juan, Guananito, Arroyo Cano, Bohechio, Padre las Casas, Guayabal and Constanza and the route that links San Jose de Ocoa, Rancho Arriba and Piedra Blanca, which would cost around US$85 million compared to the early estimate of US$500 million for the San Juan-Santiago road.
Earlier this week, the government announced it would not go ahead with its plans for the road because of the high cost. The road, which would have crossed through several national parks, met with strong opposition from environmentalists.