The Ministry of Public Works began the construction of another overpass at the intersection of John F. Kennedy and Ortega y Gasset, as reported by El Siglo newspaper. The Ortega y Gasset overpass will begin its climb in front of the Haché department store. The government has completed or is building overpasses over Winston Churchill, Abraham Lincoln, Lope de Vega, Tiradentes, Máximo Gómez, that together with the newest Ortega y Gasset overpass are intended to turn the John F. Kennedy into an expressway. The expressway is part of a World Bank-Interamerican Development Bank program to reorganize traffic in Santo Domingo.
