The Ministry of Public Works announced the government will build a fourth tunnel to facilitate traffic through the 27 de Febrero Expressway. The tunnel will be built at the intersection of the 27 de Febrero with Av. Tiradentes. Other tunnels have been built at the crossings of Winston Churchill, Abraham Lincoln and Máximo Gómez avenues. The additional tunnel will cost approximately RD$20 million. The new tunnel will be accompanied with an expansion to ten lanes of the avenue in the area and the installation of a new drainage system. Deputy Minister Claudia Franchesca de los Santos said that the new tunnel should be ready in time to meet the December timetable for the completion of the 27 de Febrero Expressway.
