President Danilo Medina inaugurated the overpass on the Ecological Avenue over Charles de Gaulle Avenue in East Santo Domingo yesterday, Wednesday 12 February amid calls for re-election. President Medina registered an 82% approval rating in the Gallup-Hoy January 2014 poll, but the 2010 Constitution bans him from running for a consecutive term.
The overpass was built by the Odebrecht/Estrella Consortium and is designed to ease traffic flow, save fuel and activate trade in the area. According to El Caribe and other newspapers, during the event, the mayor of Santo Domingo East, Juan de los Santos, expressed his thanks for the new overpass and for the President’s announcement of the extension of the Santo Domingo Metro into Santo Domingo East.