The government has infrastructure obligations all over the country that amount to RD$75 billion, scheduled to be carried out over the next three years. A total of 74% of the projects are outside of the National District and the province of Santo Domingo. The director of the office that supervises state projects (OISOE), Felix Bautista, said that of the total RD$36 billion would come from external (foreign) sources. The spending includes the Metro project and the water system for the eastern part of Santo Domingo. A total of RD$55 billion will go the provinces. The Executive Branch is planning to finish a total of 1,537 different projects over the next three years. These projects include the aqueduct for Higuey financed by Petrocaribe at a cost of US$140 million. In the south of the country, the projects to be finished include aqueducts for Barahona, Independencia and Baoruco provinces. In the east, the completions of the Coral Highway and the highway between La Romana and San Pedro de Macoris are projected. An interesting point that the OISOE director brought up was the fact that most of the projects will be supervised by outside agencies, contracted for this purpose. The projects will be awarded using all the usual methods, including open tenders, private or restricted tenders, and direct awards to specific companies.