Presidency Minister Jose Ignacio Paliza brought traffic control back into the spotlight on Good Friday, 18 April 2025, when he advanced that the government will be announcing 143 new measures that are aimed at improving the flow of traffic in Greater Santo Domingo.
In recent years, the government has been lax allowing the violation of traffic rules nationwide, leaving drivers to step up defensive driving to avoid accidents, especially with the scourge of millions of motorcyclists that blatantly ignore traffic laws and the negligence of authorities called upon to implement the laws and regulations.
Telling reporters that the traffic situation has been studied by international experts for the past eight months, Paliza said that some of the measures will be “disruptive, but necessary”. He added that the population will be well-informed as to the measures themselves, as well as when and where they will go into effect.
The announcement by the minister comes on the heels of a measure that supposedly would be implemented shortly and that would end left turns at some of the busiest intersections in the National District. However, when there was a public outburst of rejection, the head of the National Institute for Transportation and Traffic (Intrant) said that the reports were false. This statement would be followed by the remark by Paliza that a whole package of measures would soon be implemented.
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21 April 2025