{"id":231412,"date":"2025-02-17T07:50:18","date_gmt":"2025-02-17T11:50:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/?p=231412"},"modified":"2025-02-17T08:25:47","modified_gmt":"2025-02-17T12:25:47","slug":"president-abinader-inaugurates-31-km-road-in-elias-pina-on-the-border-with-haiti","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/2025\/02\/17\/president-abinader-inaugurates-31-km-road-in-elias-pina-on-the-border-with-haiti\/","title":{"rendered":"President Abinader inaugurates 31 km road in El\u00edas Pi\u00f1a on the border with Haiti"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img src=\"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Luis-Abinader-Inauguracion-Carr-Comendador-Guaroa-Macasias-Presidencia-1024x581.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-231466\" width=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Luis-Abinader-Inauguracion-Carr-Comendador-Guaroa-Macasias-Presidencia-1024x581.png 1024w, https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Luis-Abinader-Inauguracion-Carr-Comendador-Guaroa-Macasias-Presidencia-300x170.png 300w, https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Luis-Abinader-Inauguracion-Carr-Comendador-Guaroa-Macasias-Presidencia-768x436.png 768w, https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Luis-Abinader-Inauguracion-Carr-Comendador-Guaroa-Macasias-Presidencia-1536x872.png 1536w, https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Luis-Abinader-Inauguracion-Carr-Comendador-Guaroa-Macasias-Presidencia-2048x1163.png 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>President Luis Abinader officially inaugurated the 31 km Comendador-Guaroa-Macas\u00edas highway on Friday, 14 February 2025. The road is key to the population of 65,000 that lives in the border province with Haiti.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The 31-kilometer highway, an investment of RD$1.12 billion, especially benefits local farmers, enabling these to more easily transport their products to Comendador, capital of the province and to the markets in Las Matas de Farf\u00e1n and San Juan de la Maguana, the Presidency reports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During the ceremony, outgoing Public Works Minister Deligne Ascensi\u00f3n highlighted that the new highway is part of a broader government initiative in El\u00edas Pi\u00f1a, where nearly RD$3 billion has been invested in roadworks. Notable projects include the Hondo Valle-El Cercado highway, as well as local roads such as Ca\u00f1ada Miguel-Aniceto Mart\u00ednez, La Zahonada-Gajo del Mo\u00f1o, and the paving of streets in small communities like Guayajayuco. Ascensi\u00f3n is in the position through 26 February when he will be replaced by former senator Eduardo Estrella.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Vice President Raquel Pe\u00f1a was also in the border area visiting Santiago Rodriguez and Dajabon on the weekend inauguration of other public works to improve quality of life of residents in the border provinces with Haiti.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read more in Spanish:<br><a href=\"https:\/\/presidencia.gob.do\/noticias\/presidente-abinader-inaugura-carretera-comendador-guaroa-macasias-que-impactara-mas-de\">Presidency <\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/presidencia.gob.do\/noticias\/vicepresidenta-raquel-pena-entrega-ocho-obras-en-santiago-rodriguez-y-dajabon\">Presidency <\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/noticiassin.com\/raquel-pena-y-kelvin-cruz-inauguran-obras-deportivas-en-dajabon-con-inversion-de-mas-de-60-millones-1792040\/\">Noticias SIN <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>17 February 2025<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Luis Abinader officially inaugurated the 31 km Comendador-Guaroa-Macas\u00edas highway on Friday, 14 February 2025. The road is key to the population of 65,000 that lives in the border province with Haiti. The 31-kilometer highway, an investment of RD$1.12 billion, especially benefits local farmers, enabling these to more easily transport their products to Comendador, capital &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/2025\/02\/17\/president-abinader-inaugurates-31-km-road-in-elias-pina-on-the-border-with-haiti\/\" 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":[337,3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/231412"}],"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=231412"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/231412\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":231468,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/231412\/revisions\/231468"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=231412"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=231412"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=231412"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}