President Hipolito Mejia announced yesterday that major construction works will be assigned to private contractors who will recover their investment through tolls or fees paid by consumers who use them. The government recently announced the construction of a railway system, where the state would be providing the property on which it would be built. President Mejia yesterday announced that a private company will build the expansion of the San Cristobal-Baní highway and another group will redo the Port of San Pedro de Macoris, also under a government concession.
