Coinciding with intense truck traffic for discarding of plastic wastes on the Malecón, and the heavy rains brought by remnants of the Tropical Storm Beryl, cracks on streets in the Colonial City have widened. A thorough investigation of what’s below the asphalt has begun. Investigators were already looking at the caving in of area under the church at the Padre Billini Public Hospital in the Colonial City. It is suspect there could be unknown tunnels or caves in the area.
Meanwhile, an area off Arzobispo Meriño street near the Port of Santo Domingo on the Malecón has been set off limits to traffic for security and to facilitate the investigations. Specialists from the Ministry of Public Works and the National District are working together on the case.
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El Dia
Listin Diario
19 July 2018
