After President Danilo Medina visited the construction site of the expansion of the Puerto Plata to Navarette road, the pace of work at the main road to the north coast has picked up. The way has been under construction for years, with advances happening at turtle speed. Medina said he hoped to be able to inaugurate this road and the Gregorio Luperón road to Puerto Plata before 15 December 2019.
More than 20 years ago, local businesses, community members and transport unions asked for an expansion of the leading road to the north coast.
It is 46.8 kilometers long. Construction is now 85% complete.
The Medina government had committed to finishing the road in time for the opening of the Amber Cove cruise ship terminal in 2015.
Puerto Plata had voted for an opposition party senator, José Ignacio Paliza, in the 2016 election. Paliza is the president of the Modern Revolutionary Party (PRM).
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El Dia
1 October 2019