SANTO DOMINGO.- In the next few days president Leonel Fernandez will announce the plan to save and use energy more efficiently, which includes certain restrictions to transport, vehicle traffic in rush hours and the public and private office schedules, among other measures.

The information is contained in a document given to the press yesterday, after the chief executive’s more than four hour-long meeting with the leaders of public and private institutions.

Fernandez heard the opinions of the various sectors on the savings plan which will be implemented to face the constant rise in oil prices. The Government also seeks for a rational use of fuel and electricity in government offices, and to adopt the private sector’s recommendations.

In the meeting held in the National Palace, Fernandez also listed to the plans for the use of alternative energy and biofuels in the short term.

"President Fernandez showed great interest in the details of the National Energy Saving and Efficiency Plan, so the measures which will be announced in the next days have permanence and pursuit in its application and fundamentally, that they count on the support of different sectors involved," the document says.