Santo Domingo.- The Government began the works to rebuild the Constanza-Jarabacoa highway in central La Vega province at a cost of more than US$71 million, the Public Works Ministry announced Tuesday.

The road, whose construction was declared urgent by the Executive Branch in August, is built with the latest engineering technologies, the same implemented in the Duarte highway–Constanza road.

“The work on the road’s first 6 kilometers includes a 6 kilometer road to take the debris from the cutting of the hillsides,” Public Works said in a statement, adding that the studies determined that a 10 centimeter layer of concrete was necessary to stabilize and protect the surface, with 10 meter long anchors spaced at 2.0 meters, perpendicular to the slope face.

The new 27 kilometer long highway, being built by the contractor is Norberto Odebrech with supervision by the company COINSA, features two, 3.3 meter wide lanes, with a total width of 6.6 meters.