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Danilo Medina announces 10 projects for Santiago

The projects include overpasses, an aqueduct and an ecological corridor

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Danilo Medina announces 10 projects for Santiago
SANTIAGO. President Danilo Medina announced yesterday the construction of ten public works projects that are a priority for this city of Santiago. The announcement came after a meeting that lasted two hours at the Pontifical Catholic University Madre y Maestra (PUCMM) with business leaders and representatives of other institutions.

Among the projects announced are the construction of an aqueduct for the barrio of Cienfuegos, the completion of the Northern Beltway, the Central Park, located at the old Cibao Airport and an ecological corridor in the community of Pontezuela.

He also announced an overpass on the Estrella Sadhala Avenue at the corner of Republica de Argentina, another at the corner of Bartolome Colon and another at the corner of Padre de Las Casas.

He also announced the construction of another overpass on the Estrella Sadhala Avenue and the Southern Beltway, the widening of the Duarte Highway, and the repair to the first elevated section of the Estrella Sadhala at 27 de Febrero.

For his part, the rector of the PUCMM, Monsignor Agripino Nuñez Collado, who served as the spokesman after the meeting, said that all of the projects were agreed upon with the representative sectors of the province.

"These projects will transform the urban and ecological aspects of Santiago and will improve the flow of vehicular traffic all over the city," said Nuñez Collado.

The President arrived at the PUCMM at 8:40 a.m. accompanied by the Minister of Public Works, Gonzalo Castillo, the Attorney General of the Republic, Francisco Dominguez Brito, the Minister of the Interior and the Police, Ramon Fadul, and the director of the Economic Kitchens, Ramon Rodriguez.

Among the businessmen that took part in the meeting were Felix Garcia Castellanos, Manuel Estrella, Micalo Bermudez, Priamo Rodriguez Castillo, Carlos Fuente, Miguel-Miky-Lama, Fernando Capellan and Jose Clase.

Also present were the Mayor, Gilberto Serulle, the president of the Industrial Association of the North Region (AIREN) Lina Garcia, the president of the Development Association of Santiago (APEDI) Henrick Kelner, and Maria Victoria Menicucci from the Chamber of Commerce and Production.