SAN PEDRO, Dominican republic. - The Government announced a call for tenders to build the Bavaro-Miches-Sabana de la Mar highway (northeast), which also includes the construction of a new tourist port.
Public Works minister Victor Diaz said the call for tenders will be published on Monday.
The official, who took part for the ribbon cutting of the bridge across the Soco river, said the highway’s construction, together with that of the Santo Domingo-Samana road, and of the Las Terrenas-Sanchez-Nagua route, would complete the modern circuit which will link the capital with the East region, and would also reach Rio San Juan and Cabarete on the Atlantic coast.
Another project announced by Diaz was the solution to the North-South jams traffic on the Maximo Gomez, Tiradentes and Abraham Lincoln avenues to "definitively leave the city of Santo Domingo without traumas in vehicle transit."
President Leonel Fernandez headed the inaugural of the four-lane bridge named Guido Gil, built at a cost of more than RD$1.36 billion, and links San Pedro and La Romana provinces.
Written by: ny4life, 4 Mar 2010 3:42 PM
From: United States, New York, NY
Great bridge. I'm glad we continue to invest in infrastructure.
Written by: xwill7, 4 Mar 2010 4:02 PM
From: United States, El cuarto bate
ny4life,
all of these projects are good, but if they do not maintain the roads, it will become just like the roads in Puerto Plata
Written by: deicibao, 4 Mar 2010 4:13 PM
From: Dominican Republic, Santiago de los Caballeros
In santiago we are still waiting for the goverment to finish the "Circumvalacion norte".
Written by: xwill7, 4 Mar 2010 4:14 PM
From: United States, El cuarto bate
deicibao
you are correct .. these politicos forget about all of the promises to repair the roads in some areas
From: United States
the return of the apocalypse zombies.
Damn if you do , damn if you don't.
jose n ann hit it !
Written by: telemeco, 4 Mar 2010 4:16 PM
From: Dominican Republic, Monte Plata
DEICIBAO
You are complaining to the wrong people,,those project belong to the city of santiago Ayuntamiento,,more likely,,they got the money and the mayor bought a new jeepeta
Written by: xwill7, 4 Mar 2010 4:16 PM
From: United States, El cuarto bate
You need airless forklift tires to drive in DR... Too many pot holes
Written by: josean, 4 Mar 2010 4:23 PM
From: United States, Show your Love for DR Vote AGAINST the PLD!
x,
Stop whining take etiennc01, and ride the METRO!
Written by: Sajomero, 4 Mar 2010 4:32 PM
From: United States, Del primer Santiago de America....y el mejor!!!
This was a very important bridge and finally its finished. If they could only finish the rest of the road it will be a great advance for the whole region. Currently you risk your life driving to the East, just this past weekend relatives of a friend of mine went to visit the Basilica in Higuey. The mother died in the accident and the father is still in critical care, these are educated, good drivers, not your irresponsible voladora chofer. How many more lives will this death road claim before its finished?
Written by: ateo2010 
, 4 Mar 2010 5:23 PM
From: Dominican Republic, Owning Noobs
another Great News
invest invest, invest more and more on infrastructure, specially highways that connect to tourist hot spots, that's important!
Written by: josean, 4 Mar 2010 5:48 PM
From: United States, Show your Love for DR Vote AGAINST the PLD!
From: Dominican Republic, No Spin Zone
I will cross that bridge when I come to it
Written by: danny00, 4 Mar 2010 6:08 PM
From: United States, syosset, key west, santo domingo AND NOW THE GLOBE TROTTER
last year more americian tourists visited jamaica and many other caribbean islands. the dr with its sunny beaches and proximity is an appealing vaction destination for americian tourists.
the dr needs to upgrade its roads if its to grown in the tourists business.
look at cuba its the main sourace of income the castro regime.cuba's tourism industry is operated and owned by the cuban military, the ministry of the REVOLUTIONARY ARMED FORCES {MINFAR}......they have transformed itself to one of the most entrepreneurial, cororate conglomerates in the americans."
ps.
cuba is one of the worlds remaining totalitarian, command-control economies, along side north korea.
Written by: danny00, 4 Mar 2010 6:16 PM
From: United States, syosset, key west, santo domingo AND NOW THE GLOBE TROTTER
but the fact is that in almost two decades of canadian and european tourism has not eased the castros regime's repression, or improved its respect for basic human rights or helped cuba's civil society gain any democratic space.
so i believe the current u.s. policy will stay inaffect for many years too come.
dr can be the "place" TO VIST FOR MANY AMERICAN TOURISTS.
ANY WAY FIX THE G-D DAMM ROADS.
Written by: danny00, 4 Mar 2010 6:21 PM
From: United States, syosset, key west, santo domingo AND NOW THE GLOBE TROTTER
tourists will not ride the metro or need to ride it....
how are the taxi drivers going to make money if all the tourists ride the merto?
hey! pres. buy some CHAIRS FOR THE KIDS IN THE SCHOOLS. SO THEY CAN BE SEATED WHEN IN SCHOOL.
GET THEM FRESH MILK FOR THEM TO DRINK.
GET REAL BOOKS INTO THE SCHOOLS FOR THE CHILDREN TO LEARN FROM
AND THEN GET REAL TEACHERS.
Written by: danny00, 4 Mar 2010 6:27 PM
From: United States, syosset, key west, santo domingo AND NOW THE GLOBE TROTTER
accident and the father is still in critical care, these are educated, good drivers, not your irresponsible voladora chofer. How many more lives will this death road claim before its finished
they may have been educated, good drivers..... the problem is the roads are not driver safe or even close to being that.
and i dont want to go their about the rest of the the uneducated drivers in the dr.
sad news about these people.soory it happen.
when i get behine the wheel of my car its becomes one JOB to drive some where. and i mean one big job for not one minute do i take my eyes off the road and i mean not minute.
Written by: juanb, 4 Mar 2010 6:42 PM
From: Dominican Republic
Tenders, shmenders.
Just give it to your cousin.
Written by: juanb, 4 Mar 2010 6:43 PM
From: Dominican Republic
GC:
You finally came up with something that made me laugh out loud. Congrats.
Written by: walnut, 4 Mar 2010 6:52 PM
From: Bouvet Island, Cayuga lakeside
Only took about 6 years to build the bridge.
Now finish the roads, build schools and hospitals, train more doctors, teach hard work and honesty, curtail the drug trade and invest in solar energy.
That might be too much to ask for a govenment that takes 6 years to build a bridge.
And if you believe they can do any of these things, have I got a bridge for you to buy.
From: United States
the street in nyc are a mess too. i guess everyone is running out of petroleum.
From: Dominican Republic
Only here would you drive on a road suited for an ATV, cross washed out bridges...only to find this great bridge in the middle of nowhere...only to have the road return to a fossilsed relic.
So...lets finish the Tourist Boulavard to places that actually exist, before we build a road to an investors pipe dream....sound like a good idea???
Written by: ateo2010 , 4 Mar 2010 8:05 PM
From: Dominican Republic, Owning Noobs
thanks josean for the news link. that's a great news!! . better to prevent then be sorry in the future! :b
From: Dominican Republic
Robbing Peters pot hole to pay Paul. Now we know where they have been getting the raw materials to construct all of these projects that never come to completion . Josean , I hope your sizzors were still sharp enough to help Leo cut the ribbon .
From: United States, jackson heights ny
now i know where my taxes will be expended.maybe i do not need the bridge everyday,but some people will do
From: Dominican Republic, Puerto Plata
That bridge marks the psychological border between the East region and the rest of the country.
The moment you get into La Romana Province, it's new constructions, projects underway, good hotel offers,, all the way to Bavaro, Cap Cana etc etc .
Nothing to do with rundown POP or anarchic Las Terrenas. I doubt the Rio Verde Bridge in Cangrejos (3 km west of POP airport) will ever be replaced by something comparable.
Written by: deicibao, 5 Mar 2010 4:18 PM
From: Dominican Republic, Santiago de los Caballeros
TELEMECO
The ayuntamiento of Santiago is not incharge of the circunvalacion norte the "Secretaría de Obras Públicas" is. I think the business people of the city will have to finish the Highway like they have done with most big projects of the city.
From: United States
mr.president leonel fernandez stay in power for life
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all of these projects are good, but if they do not maintain the roads, it will become just like the roads in Puerto Plata
you are correct .. these politicos forget about all of the promises to repair the roads in some areas
Damn if you do , damn if you don't.
jose n ann hit it !
You are complaining to the wrong people,,those project belong to the city of santiago Ayuntamiento,,more likely,,they got the money and the mayor bought a new jeepeta
Stop whining take etiennc01, and ride the METRO!
invest invest, invest more and more on infrastructure, specially highways that connect to tourist hot spots, that's important!
PS
Read it before you censor it!
CONGRESO NACIONAL
Pelegrín Castillo someterá propuesta para garantizar seguridad de edificaciones
El proyecto contempla, además, que se evalúen las edificaciones existentes para fortalecer las estructuras en caso que lo ameriten.
http://www.clavedigital.com/App_P....ca/Politica.aspx?id_Articulo=8304
the dr needs to upgrade its roads if its to grown in the tourists business.
look at cuba its the main sourace of income the castro regime.cuba's tourism industry is operated and owned by the cuban military, the ministry of the REVOLUTIONARY ARMED FORCES {MINFAR}......they have transformed itself to one of the most entrepreneurial, cororate conglomerates in the americans."
ps.
cuba is one of the worlds remaining totalitarian, command-control economies, along side north korea.
so i believe the current u.s. policy will stay inaffect for many years too come.
dr can be the "place" TO VIST FOR MANY AMERICAN TOURISTS.
ANY WAY FIX THE G-D DAMM ROADS.
how are the taxi drivers going to make money if all the tourists ride the merto?
hey! pres. buy some CHAIRS FOR THE KIDS IN THE SCHOOLS. SO THEY CAN BE SEATED WHEN IN SCHOOL.
GET THEM FRESH MILK FOR THEM TO DRINK.
GET REAL BOOKS INTO THE SCHOOLS FOR THE CHILDREN TO LEARN FROM
AND THEN GET REAL TEACHERS.
they may have been educated, good drivers..... the problem is the roads are not driver safe or even close to being that.
and i dont want to go their about the rest of the the uneducated drivers in the dr.
sad news about these people.soory it happen.
when i get behine the wheel of my car its becomes one JOB to drive some where. and i mean one big job for not one minute do i take my eyes off the road and i mean not minute.
Just give it to your cousin.
You finally came up with something that made me laugh out loud. Congrats.
Now finish the roads, build schools and hospitals, train more doctors, teach hard work and honesty, curtail the drug trade and invest in solar energy.
That might be too much to ask for a govenment that takes 6 years to build a bridge.
And if you believe they can do any of these things, have I got a bridge for you to buy.
So...lets finish the Tourist Boulavard to places that actually exist, before we build a road to an investors pipe dream....sound like a good idea???
The moment you get into La Romana Province, it's new constructions, projects underway, good hotel offers,, all the way to Bavaro, Cap Cana etc etc .
Nothing to do with rundown POP or anarchic Las Terrenas. I doubt the Rio Verde Bridge in Cangrejos (3 km west of POP airport) will ever be replaced by something comparable.
The ayuntamiento of Santiago is not incharge of the circunvalacion norte the "Secretaría de Obras Públicas" is. I think the business people of the city will have to finish the Highway like they have done with most big projects of the city.