{"id":212434,"date":"2024-03-07T07:08:50","date_gmt":"2024-03-07T11:08:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/?p=212434"},"modified":"2024-03-07T08:22:28","modified_gmt":"2024-03-07T12:22:28","slug":"metro-line-1b-construction-to-begin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/2024\/03\/07\/metro-line-1b-construction-to-begin\/","title":{"rendered":"Metro Line 1B construction to begin"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img src=\"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Linea-1-del-Metro-extensio\u0301n-Presidencia-1024x576.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-212485\" width=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Linea-1-del-Metro-extensio\u0301n-Presidencia-1024x576.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Linea-1-del-Metro-extensio\u0301n-Presidencia-300x169.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Linea-1-del-Metro-extensio\u0301n-Presidencia-768x432.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Linea-1-del-Metro-extensio\u0301n-Presidencia.jpeg 1300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>President Luis Abinader on 6 March 2024 announced the start of construction of Line 1B of the Santo Domingo Metro, from the Florinda Flori\u00e1n (Mam\u00e1 Tingo) station to Punta de Villa Mella in northern Santo Domingo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He said that Metro line 1B will be built in response to the growing demand for efficient, safe and sustainable public transportation that is needed and required in these new times.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThis project not only promises to transform the urban mobility experience but also to catalyze a positive change in the quality of life for the inhabitants of Santo Domingo Norte, which has faced critical challenges in terms of transportation, marked by vehicle congestion and low quality,&#8221; he said in announcing the plans to start the Metro extension. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The line is expected to benefit some 373,000 who live in northern Santo Domingo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Metro expansion will cost US$187 million. The work should be completed in 36 months and cover 2.5 km. It includes two additional stations, one close to the Ram\u00f3n Mat\u00edas Mella Educational Center and the other in the community of San Felipe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read more in Spanish:<br><a href=\"https:\/\/presidencia.gob.do\/noticias\/presidente-abinader-deja-iniciados-trabajos-para-extension-de-la-linea-1-del-metro-de\">Presidency <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>7 March 2024<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Luis Abinader on 6 March 2024 announced the start of construction of Line 1B of the Santo Domingo Metro, from the Florinda Flori\u00e1n (Mam\u00e1 Tingo) station to Punta de Villa Mella in northern Santo Domingo. He said that Metro line 1B will be built in response to the growing demand for efficient, safe and &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/2024\/03\/07\/metro-line-1b-construction-to-begin\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read more\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[330,3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/212434"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=212434"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/212434\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":212486,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/212434\/revisions\/212486"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=212434"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=212434"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=212434"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}