The government began the construction of a bridge parallel to the Juan Pablo Duarte Bridge across the Ozama River that divides the city of Santo Domingo. The RD$288 million construction is scheduled to take 18 months. The bridge is being built by the Dominican-Spanish consortium, Dragados FCC-Construcciones Civiles y Marítimas. The bridge will handle more than 80,000 per day, with an estimated 4.5% more cars using the bridge each subsequent year.
