The French Development Agency (AFD) announced it has approved US$100 million in financing for the expansion of the No. 1 line of the Santo Domingo Metro. The funds will be available in December 2018. The expansion is to meet demand by thousands of users.
The announcement was made by Sandra Kassab, senior charge d’affairs at the AFD when participating in the photography exhibition opening in Santo Domingo: “Rostros que se mueven con el Desarrollo” at the Juan Pablo Duarte Metro station on Máximo Gómez and John F. Kennedy avenues intersections. Kassab said the exhibition evidences the great impact the metro and skylift have had on the population of Greater Santo Domingo. Both were built with French technology.
Kassab said the agency has contributed financing for US$450 million for the Metro. Overall, over the past 20 years, AFD has provided US$625 million for city, sustainable transport, natural resources conservation, sanitation, water works, education and health projects. The AFD is also backing the Nueva Barquita urban renewal housing project.
Manuel Antonio Saleta García, director of the Metro Office (OPRET) said that on Monday, 12 November, two more cars would be in service. He said the OPRET has already contracted for five cars that would arrive next year.
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12 November 2018
