The Ministry of Public Works announced that the government will build a new two meter sidewalk around the Juan Pablo Duarte Olympic Center. The expansion of the 27 de Febrero, the principal East-West avenue that crosses Santo Domingo linking the East with the West of the country, has engulfed the present sidewalk, as reported by the press. Several persons expressed their concern in the press that the government would not leave room for pedestrians. The sports complex will also loose its East sidewalk, as expansion works for the North-South Av. Máximo Gómez will engulf this part. As with the south side, a new side walk will be built two meters inwards. Claudia Franchesca de los Santos, Deputy Minister of Public Works explained that the fence around the sports center will be rebuilt leaving way for the new sidewalk on the south and east sides of the Olympic center.
