Amongst the 29 Santo Domingo Metro stations there are eight escalators and nine elevators out of service, meaning that, on average, one in three stations have accessibility problems. Elderly passengers have been particularly vocal in expressing the inconvenience of having to negotiate the rather long and steep staircases that connect the Metro platforms to the street in stations where the escalators and elevators are out of service.
The director of the Office of Transport Reorganization (Opret), Diandino Pena, attributed the problem to a lack of resources that has hampered the maintenance of the escalators and elevators at certain Metro stations. Pena noted said that the problems would be addressed in the near future.
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