French ambassador in the Dominican Republic, Jose Gomez, in an interview with Listin Diario, spoke of the chaos in public transport and the need to limit the transit of vehicles or the city will grind to a halt. He also advocated limiting vehicular traffic to stop emissions that are contaminating the environment.
Gomez had praise for the Santo Domingo Metro, the soon to be in operation cable car over the Ozama River, and the OMSA buses, but said these had to be improved. He said the French government is assisting the Metro Office (Opret) on matters such as building larger Metro stations to manage more subway cars.
On the same matter, in its editorial on 14 December 2017, El Dia advanced the French government would be making a soft loan to the country to continue the expansion of line 2 of the Metro.
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Listin Diario
14 December 2017
