The Dominican Republic is featured among the top five countries in Latin America with the best ground road infrastructure. But there is always a wish list of more. Former Minister of Public Works, engineer Pedro Delgado Malagón (1982-1986) shares with readers the locations of missing roads in a report in El Caribe newspaper today.
He says a highway is needed to connect the northern beach destinations with the Cibao. Likewise, new tourism destinations in Azua and Peravia could benefit from better road connections.
He says a doubling in the number of lanes is needed for the roads connecting Puerto Plata to Nagua and to Samana and the construction of a new road connecting Puerto Plata and Montecristi to foster development of tourism potential of that northwestern province.
He would like to see the doubling of the lanes connecting Baní, San Juan de la Maguana and Elías Piña, as well as Baní, Barahona, Oviedo and Pedernales.
He would like to see the fast completion of the Azua bypass and the start of the construction of the bypass of Baní and those of San Juan de la Maguana and Barahona. And he says there is a need for bypasses regarding the cities of San Francisco de Macoris and Higuey.
The Dominican Republic has a road network of 5,400 km of highways, and 12,800 of rural roads.
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El Caribe
17 January 2019
