The pilot plan is to last 15 days, starting on 24 October and ending on 7 November 2021. The Mayor’s Office of the National District (ADN), together with the Ministry of Public Works, the National Institute of Transit and Land Transportation (Intrant), RD Vial, the Association of Industries of the Dominican Republic (AIRD) and the Transit Safety and Land Transportation Agency (Digesett) have agreed to implement a pilot plan with temporary regulations for cargo vehicles transiting through Greater Santo Domingo.
The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), the National Federation of Dominican Transportation (Fenatrado), the Association of Shippers of the Dominican Republic (ANRD), the National Organization of Commercial Companies (ONEC), the Association of Cargo Agents and Logistics Operators of the Dominican Republic (Adacam), and numerous companies and port operators participated in drafting the pilot plan.
Depending on how things go, the sustainable mobility plan may be implemented indefinitely. The goal is to improve the quality of life of capital city dwellers by reducing traffic jams and environmental pollution.
Among the measures contemplated in the plan are:
• A restricted access zone (ZAR), limited to the north by Paseo de los Reyes Católicos and República de Colombia avenues; to the west by Luperón Avenue; and to the east by the Ozama River.
• 4-axle trucks need a special permit to transit through the ZAR from 6am to 8pm. The permits are free of charge and can be obtained at the Intrant website at intrant.gob.do
• Vehicles of 6 axles or more are only allowed within the restricted access zone unless the companies are based within the ZAR.
• RD Vial is encouraging trucks to use the Santo Domingo Bypass. Tolls will not be charged tolls.
The Santo Domingo Bypass (Circunvalación de Santo Domingo) enables truckers to go from Haina Port or Duarte Highway (the link from the northcentral provinces) to the Puerto Caucedo Port or Las Americas International Airport without entering the capital city. It also connects to the Samana tolls road.
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El Dia
Noticias SIN
27 September 2021