Businesses using the sidewalks of the 27 de Febrero Avenue as a parking area will have to find alternative solutions. The 27 de Febrero Avenue crosses the city of Santo Domingo East-West. The Metropolitan Transport Authority (AMET) police agents began firmly telling owners of these businesses that vehicles found parked on the 27 de Febrero will be towed away. Business owners will also have to leave room for sidewalks, in order to avoid pedestrians walking on the 27 de Febrero expressway itself. Street vendors are also being obliged to relocate in preparation for the new bus units that will begin operation this month along the 27 de Febrero. Colonel Pedro de Jesús Candelier, deputy director of the AMET, who has a reputation of being a strongman, participated in the operation whereby business owners were told the government would be enforcing the law.
