Blasting the cliffs to link La Majagua, Playa Cozón, Las Terrenas.
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NAGUA, Dominican Republic.- The Public Works Ministry and the contractor Boulevard Touristico del Atlantico advance at a good pace the construction of the boulevard by the same name, at a cost of 160 million dollars, to boost Samaná Peninsula’s accessibility and tourism development.
The 123 kilometer road circuit links Nagua, Sanchez and Samaná and from there it continues to El Lemon and Las Terrenas, to El Catey International Airport.
The contractor works round the clock in the first, 34 kilometer section from Nagua to Sanchez, paving 2 kilometers weekly. Another section expected to be finished by year end is the bypass at Las Terrenas, from El Portillo Airport to the Sanchez highway crossing.
Public Works and the construction company are also blasting of some of the rock promontories with dynamite, as the extracted material is then used on the La Majagua-Playa Cozón-Las Terrenas seaside roadway.
In other sections heavy equipment, workers and technicians design and expand banks, and shore up the existing road base. So far more than 8 kilometers of highway at Nagua’s exit has been paved.
In that section more 3,000 meters of asphalt have been placed as base material, and once concluded a final 2 inch heated asphalt layer will be applied.
Written by: xwill7, 8 Sep 2009 3:59 PM
From: United States, El cuarto bate
I drove on that road and my SUV looked like if I had been deep into el campo by the time I made it to Samana. The dirt is very red in that area
Written by: josean, 8 Sep 2009 4:00 PM
From: United States
Shucks and the people in Nagua were hoping for a METRO!
Written by: vacanos, 8 Sep 2009 6:08 PM
From: United States, An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last.
The red area is around Nagua. I got to say that Terranas is a killer. I don’t want to be stranded there in need of emergency. I though LA CUMBRE de Santiago that connect to Puerto Plata was scary.
From: Dominican Republic
Que buena noticia
Written by: josean, 9 Sep 2009 11:48 AM
From: United States
Para quien?
Written by: BASTA, 9 Sep 2009 12:18 PM
From: Dominican Republic, =Ghetto/Legalize Drugs
If anything like past practice the road to al limon- and abouts sucks- Dominicans can not build anything that lasts
From: Dominican Republic
Para mi porque puedo ir a Samana mucho mas rapido que antes lol.
Written by: xwill7, 9 Sep 2009 1:06 PM
From: United States, El cuarto bate
vacanos,
I hear you... I drove that road to las terrenas at night. Man any driver mistake can be your last mistake. Yes, much worst than la cumbre
From: Dominican Republic, Las Terrenas
Ass normal, mostly only negative talk... Unhappy people perhaps...
-From Nagua to Samana and further they are improving the roads: GOOD NEWS
-The new highway from SD to El Catey, open: GOOD NEWS
-The new road in progress from El Catey to Las Terrenas: GOOD NEWS
-The new road from Las Terrenas to El Portilllo: GOOD NEWS
-asfalting the roads in Las Terrenas: GOOD NEWS
All great news for a country in development and for the Samana region. Keep up the good work.
Written by: josean, 11 Sep 2009 11:38 AM
From: United States
From: Dominican Republic
One step at a time my friend! Gotta learn to crawl first to then walk.
Written by: josean, 11 Sep 2009 4:10 PM
From: United States
"One step at a time my friend! Gotta learn to crawl first to then walk."
Following your logic then why did your guru Lie-onel Fernandez and the PLD mafia waste $750,000,000 million dollars on a METRO to nowhere? They didn’t even go to walking, they went straight to running or riding; Oh that’s right, not riding, very few are riding the magnificent METRO!
From: Dominican Republic
Listen I know there are alot of things in our island that the money spent on the Metro could have resolved. I know that there are many schools that need remodeling and families living in shacks and roads that are not car accesible and this money could have been used to ease all of this. Yet, in a near future I am sure the people of the Capital will benefit in many ways from the method of transportation. Once the bus program that will connect of the Northern municipio of Santo Domingo Norte is up and running and all of these people have good access to the Metro we shall see results my friend. As far as the schools and the housing system and roads and health care we are advancing as well. I do not know if you only get your sources from Dominican Today but I read every single Dominican News Paper on this island (On our side of the island that is lol) and alot is being done. I just read that the secretary of Health inaugurated 12 hospitals to cover the South West.
From: Dominican Republic
This means that these people will no longer have to go to the Hospital in Barahona a few hours away to get healthcare assistance. I know that the government is building los apartamentos de Guajimia. This is great advance, this is basicallly like projects in the USA. These people who live in shacks are getting 3 bedroom apartments with living room dinning room bathroom balcony and kitchen and can pass it on from generation to generation. Basically they are owning property! I just passed through there the other day and they are quite advanced. The government already innaugurated 2 etapas equalling 400 and something apartments for the same amount of poor families. The same in Bonao, Villa Altagracia, San Francisco de Macoris, Barahona and others which I cannot remember right now. Leonel implemented the Community College system which are under construction in a number of Communities throughout the country. Cotui and I forgot which other small town just got new Technological
From: Dominican Republic
Centers innaugurated by the first Lady. This means free internet access to poor kids whom had never even seen a computer before. The Poor Neighborhood (barrio) of Villa Juana in the Capital just innaugurated a brand new Cultural Center with a huge Library with over 500 high tech computers, Arts theatre, with free internet access for the community. By the way my cousins live there and are extremely happy they wont have to come to my house anymore to use a computer and like them im sure leonel is changing thousands of other childrens lives!
Written by: josean, 11 Sep 2009 5:18 PM
From: United States
All of these projects that you reference are the normal things all governments do and the may represent some material appearance of improvement, which is used to fill the eyes of the untutored mob as real meaningful development.
However until health care, education, employment opportunity with competitive wages, private home ownership, affordable interest rates, the ratio of GDP to social development is significantly improved, and when Dominicans stop dying in El Canal de La Mona trying to escape the “paradise” you claim Lie-onel Fernandez has created; then we can begin to see light at the end of the tunnel.
As long as it’s not another worthless METRO!
From: Dominican Republic
Listen I never said he has created a "paradise" but these things he is doing that yes all governments should do are things that past governments in our country never did! Therefore it is some kind of progress and continued progress will slowly but surely stop many Dominicans from dying in El Canal de la mona. As I said before it is not an easy process, I am not even sure if he will accomplish atleast he has done certain things to show for while others like Hipolito and Balaguer did not do jack. Hipolito did not leave much to show for nor much to benefit a community. I am not for Leonel nor PLD nor PRD NOR PRSC I am for whomever does the most for our people and from what I see, atleast in my community and the areas that directly affect my family it is Leonel. As I said before the day he stops doing for our community that day I will vote against him.
Written by: josean, 11 Sep 2009 5:36 PM
From: United States
Here is little more information that contradicts the theory of Shangri-La that the Lie-onelitas here on DT want to makes us believe Lie-onel Fernandez has created:
"Lamentablemente esto no es posible para casi un millón de dominicanos. Cálculos preliminares de entidades relacionadas al sector de la construcción e instituciones gubernamentales establecen que en el país hay un déficit de viviendas que prácticamente llega a las 800,000 unidades. El dato es preocupante si se toma en cuenta que cada día ese número crece y los proyectos de clase media baja y de menores ingresos son cada vez más escasos.
Para nadie es un secreto que las últimas tres administraciones de gobierno han disminuido la construcción de proyectos de viviendas para los sectores de menores ingresos, excepto en situaciones de calamidad en que por efectos de inundaciones o hechos extremos las autoridades de ven obligadas a responder."
Read the full article:
http://www.listin.com.do/app/article.aspx?id=114464Written by: josean, 11 Sep 2009 5:46 PM
From: United States
Hitler did a lot for the members of the NAZI party anf his storm troopers too and Mussolini made the METRO I mean trains run on time. I am sure a lot of Germans and Italians rationalized their support by also saying "from what I see, at least in my community and the areas that directly affect my family it is Leonel ( Hitler or Mussolini)!
We can not base our opinions on the results solely related to our own personal experiences and observances; we have to be scientific and see what has been done for the vast majority, and in Lie-onel Fernandez case it is nearly ZERO! Other than making the sharks’ fat in the PLD and in El Canal de La Mona!
Written by: josean, 11 Sep 2009 6:01 PM
From: United States
This is interesting, I wonder how the LIe-onelitas will respond to the last line in the article:
"Stealing electricity is a sport"
The new administrator of the State-owned Electricity Companies (CDEEE), Celso Marranzini is well aware of the fact that the country's electricity system depends on old generators, is weak and that all consumers must be made to pay for the service they receive. If not, nothing will change.
After barely three weeks on the job, Marranzini told Hoy reporters that investigators are fairly sure that the nationwide blackout that greeted his first week in office was the result of management error at the AES-Andres substation.
In an interesting technical explanation, Marranzini revealed that this type of failure is common in systems whose protective mechanisms are "unbalanced" because some of the generators violated resolutions from the Superintendent of Electricity on the frequency of their operations.
Continued:
Written by: josean, 11 Sep 2009 6:02 PM
From: United States
He said that this might not happen now, "but this is a very weak system.
In 2007 and 2008 there were no nationwide blackouts. In 2005, 10 such blackouts were registered, and so far in 2009 there have been 2, but measures have been taken to ensure this does not happen again", he told reporters.
Marranzini reported that the generators are supplying between 80% and 83% of demand, but "undoubtedly one has to understand that during these hot months the demand is greater.
He said that the energy sector has an immediate financial problem, not a generation problem. Since a lot of people do not pay, there is not enough money to repay the debts with the generators. Marranzini said that one of his goals is to increase collections by 2% or 3% monthly, although he admitted that this was going to be difficult.
As he put it: "Stealing electricity is a national sport."
continued:
Written by: josean, 11 Sep 2009 6:03 PM
From: United States
With this in mind, he said that the authorities have to enforce the law that penalizes energy theft as a way of preventing losses by the distributors. "Putting 10 people in jail for stealing electricity will make everyone pay", he declared.
But he said that generation is a problem.
FLASH here it is:
Over the last 7 years only 50 megawatts of new generation have been added to the system, making the system dependent on old generators.
Source DR1
NOW who has been in power for most of those seven years and buit a METRO demanding more electrical energy?
Lie-onel Fernandez and the improvisers of the PLD, thats who!
Written by: josean, 11 Sep 2009 6:11 PM
From: United States
Señor Ojeda here is more "good news" in your METROLANDIA:
Technican issues at the dams
While the new CDEEE administrator is calling for the heads of those who steal electricity, Diario Libre reporter Jose Javier writes about how technical issues and very low water levels in the hydroelectric reservoirs prevent them from supplying more than 90 megawatts to the entire system. The dams are also under a new administrator, engineer Frank Rodriguez.
The reporter says that of the 80 generators in the country, only 5 offer optimum service, and what's worse is that of the 38 hydroelectric dams, only 18 were working yesterday afternoon.
Of the 20 hydroelectric facilities that were not working, three have been out of service since 2007. Los Anones has been out since May 2007 because of "flooding of its machine room," according to the coordinator of the National Interconnected Electric System (SENI).
Continued:
Written by: josean, 11 Sep 2009 6:12 PM
From: United States
Nonetheless, as of February 2009, the Hydro-Electric Generation Enterprise (EGEHID) had income of US$3.61 million and a surplus of US$5.12 million. Apparently the EGEHID did not have the resources to repair the 3 hydroelectric facilities that have been out of service since 2007, or to provide maintenance for the majority of the hydroelectric power plants in the country. But it did spend a lot of money on a substation at another dam, but it is also off-line due to low water levels.
At the same time the government is investing heavily in new dams, with US$300 million in Pinalito to produce 50 megawatts.
Out of service are Aguacate 1 and 2, since 29 October 2007 for a "major overhaul". The other 17 facilities went off-line this year: Jimenoa because of problems with a floodgate, Jiguey 1 and Lopez Angostura for "major maintenance work".
Continued:
Written by: josean, 11 Sep 2009 6:13 PM
From: United States
Low water levels are keeping Domingo Rodriguez 1 and 2 offline, but it was here in San Juan de la Maguana province that the government recently inaugurated a 69kw transmission line and a new sub-station at a cost of RD$118 million. Baiguaque1 and Madrigal don't have enough water and Gaiguaque 2 blew a circuit breaker. The situation is similar at the other hydroelectric installations.
Source DR1
"Of the 20 hydroelectric facilities that were not working, three have been out of service since 2007. Los Anones has been out since May 2007 because of "flooding of its machine room," according to the coordinator of the National Interconnected Electric System (SENI)."
Two years out of service and who has been president during that period?
If you said the traveling statesman Lie-onel Fernandez while the country is in the dark, your right!
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I hear you... I drove that road to las terrenas at night. Man any driver mistake can be your last mistake. Yes, much worst than la cumbre
-From Nagua to Samana and further they are improving the roads: GOOD NEWS
-The new highway from SD to El Catey, open: GOOD NEWS
-The new road in progress from El Catey to Las Terrenas: GOOD NEWS
-The new road from Las Terrenas to El Portilllo: GOOD NEWS
-asfalting the roads in Las Terrenas: GOOD NEWS
All great news for a country in development and for the Samana region. Keep up the good work.
http://www.dominicantoday.com/dr/....h-Santiago-road-is-still-potholes
Following your logic then why did your guru Lie-onel Fernandez and the PLD mafia waste $750,000,000 million dollars on a METRO to nowhere? They didn’t even go to walking, they went straight to running or riding; Oh that’s right, not riding, very few are riding the magnificent METRO!
However until health care, education, employment opportunity with competitive wages, private home ownership, affordable interest rates, the ratio of GDP to social development is significantly improved, and when Dominicans stop dying in El Canal de La Mona trying to escape the “paradise” you claim Lie-onel Fernandez has created; then we can begin to see light at the end of the tunnel.
As long as it’s not another worthless METRO!
"Lamentablemente esto no es posible para casi un millón de dominicanos. Cálculos preliminares de entidades relacionadas al sector de la construcción e instituciones gubernamentales establecen que en el país hay un déficit de viviendas que prácticamente llega a las 800,000 unidades. El dato es preocupante si se toma en cuenta que cada día ese número crece y los proyectos de clase media baja y de menores ingresos son cada vez más escasos.
Para nadie es un secreto que las últimas tres administraciones de gobierno han disminuido la construcción de proyectos de viviendas para los sectores de menores ingresos, excepto en situaciones de calamidad en que por efectos de inundaciones o hechos extremos las autoridades de ven obligadas a responder."
Read the full article:
http://www.listin.com.do/app/article.aspx?id=114464
We can not base our opinions on the results solely related to our own personal experiences and observances; we have to be scientific and see what has been done for the vast majority, and in Lie-onel Fernandez case it is nearly ZERO! Other than making the sharks’ fat in the PLD and in El Canal de La Mona!
"Stealing electricity is a sport"
The new administrator of the State-owned Electricity Companies (CDEEE), Celso Marranzini is well aware of the fact that the country's electricity system depends on old generators, is weak and that all consumers must be made to pay for the service they receive. If not, nothing will change.
After barely three weeks on the job, Marranzini told Hoy reporters that investigators are fairly sure that the nationwide blackout that greeted his first week in office was the result of management error at the AES-Andres substation.
In an interesting technical explanation, Marranzini revealed that this type of failure is common in systems whose protective mechanisms are "unbalanced" because some of the generators violated resolutions from the Superintendent of Electricity on the frequency of their operations.
Continued:
In 2007 and 2008 there were no nationwide blackouts. In 2005, 10 such blackouts were registered, and so far in 2009 there have been 2, but measures have been taken to ensure this does not happen again", he told reporters.
Marranzini reported that the generators are supplying between 80% and 83% of demand, but "undoubtedly one has to understand that during these hot months the demand is greater.
He said that the energy sector has an immediate financial problem, not a generation problem. Since a lot of people do not pay, there is not enough money to repay the debts with the generators. Marranzini said that one of his goals is to increase collections by 2% or 3% monthly, although he admitted that this was going to be difficult.
As he put it: "Stealing electricity is a national sport."
continued:
But he said that generation is a problem.
FLASH here it is:
Over the last 7 years only 50 megawatts of new generation have been added to the system, making the system dependent on old generators.
Source DR1
NOW who has been in power for most of those seven years and buit a METRO demanding more electrical energy?
Lie-onel Fernandez and the improvisers of the PLD, thats who!
Technican issues at the dams
While the new CDEEE administrator is calling for the heads of those who steal electricity, Diario Libre reporter Jose Javier writes about how technical issues and very low water levels in the hydroelectric reservoirs prevent them from supplying more than 90 megawatts to the entire system. The dams are also under a new administrator, engineer Frank Rodriguez.
The reporter says that of the 80 generators in the country, only 5 offer optimum service, and what's worse is that of the 38 hydroelectric dams, only 18 were working yesterday afternoon.
Of the 20 hydroelectric facilities that were not working, three have been out of service since 2007. Los Anones has been out since May 2007 because of "flooding of its machine room," according to the coordinator of the National Interconnected Electric System (SENI).
Continued:
At the same time the government is investing heavily in new dams, with US$300 million in Pinalito to produce 50 megawatts.
Out of service are Aguacate 1 and 2, since 29 October 2007 for a "major overhaul". The other 17 facilities went off-line this year: Jimenoa because of problems with a floodgate, Jiguey 1 and Lopez Angostura for "major maintenance work".
Continued:
Source DR1
"Of the 20 hydroelectric facilities that were not working, three have been out of service since 2007. Los Anones has been out since May 2007 because of "flooding of its machine room," according to the coordinator of the National Interconnected Electric System (SENI)."
Two years out of service and who has been president during that period?
If you said the traveling statesman Lie-onel Fernandez while the country is in the dark, your right!