Presidential Minister Jose Ignacio Paliza told reporters that the initial phase of the 50 km border fencing is about 84% finished, and is expected to be completed and delivered in February 2025. The Dominican-Haitian border is approximately 390 km long.
As he took part in a survey of the project alongside of Minister of Defense Fernandez Onofre, Paliza said that the government had invested close to RD$2.0 billion in the project (+/-US$32 million) in the construction of the structure that divides the Dominican Republic and Haiti.
In total, the government is expected to invest RD$2.39 billion in the completion of this first phase of the wall, a much-discussed effort to control access to the Dominican Republic and maintain control over the frontier.
At the same time, Paliza announced that the government would soon open a tender for the second phase of 110 km, or more than double the initial phase.
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25 November 2024