The tragic landslide that took the lives of five workers in Santiago still is a threat to those in the city. A giant hole remains at Del Sol Street near the Monument to the Restoration. Traffic accidents have occurred in the area. Nearly two months after the original incident, the construction company has yet to set a completion date for the repairs to the roadway.
The underground cables that supply the area were also affected by the initial landslide and all of these have yet to be repaired.
Access is difficult and commerce in the area has been severely affected. A detour creates a bottleneck for persons traveling to and from the Duarte Highway or the Estrella Sadhalá Avenue.
Over the recent weekend, a car crashed into the Jersey Barrier marking the beginning of the detour. According to the report in the El Caribe, work is going slowly and with little heavy machinery.
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El Caribe
22 July 2019