Metro tunnel L2E is 94% complete; they expect to finish digging in May
Persons displaced by the bridge over the Ozama River are more than 1000 families in Gualey and Los M
Omar Santana
SANTO DOMINGO. The perforation of the tunnel for Line 2 E. of the Santo Domingo Metro will be finished in the middle of May. According to the Office for the Reorganization of Transportation (Opret) the excavation of the tunnel lacks 140 m that is separating the two ends. The largest, of 100 m, is located between Trina de Moya St and the Mella Highway; the other, of 40 m, is located between the Fernandez de Navarrete Ave. and Trina de Moya Street.
The deputy director of Opret, Leonel Carrasco, said that "during the first weeks of May, or at the latest in the middle, the perforation of the tunnel will be finished."
In this section of Line 2 they are building a tunnel that is 2725 m long, which means that nearly 95% of the digging is finished. For logistical reasons, connecting the whole tunnel will allow the free movement of the trucks that will be carrying materials. Nevertheless, there remains the finishing of the Metro tunnel with reinforced concrete.
For the transit of vehicles they have built an additional ramp of entry and exit, located on the President Estrella Ureña Avenue.
Leonel Carrasco, said that for this extension they will build two underground "super - vaults" with one located at the Fernandez de Navarrete Avenue and the other at Trina de Moya Street which will permit less chaos in the traffic along the San Vicente de Paul Avenue. "It is more costly, but it will avoid greater inconveniences along the San Vicente de Paul Avenue. The super vaults consist of the section of the stations where the trains arrive and the passenger platforms. The Metro tunnel itself has a vault that is 9 m in diameter, the super vaults have a diameter of 16 m," he explained.
Carrasco noted the fact that they have not halted traffic along the San Vicente de Paul Avenue is a success. "We do not want to open stations that are open sky in order not to disturb the upper part more than what is happening now. If we open above, we will be affecting traffic even more and although there is inconvenience, the San Vicente de Paul Avenue has still not been closed at any time. We have a new method with the stations. The super vaults allow us to carry out the work on the surface in less time and provoke fewer problems for the people," he said.
Sensitive issues
In the case of the bridge over the Ozama River he explained that this will have an extension of approximately 800 m long and that they are finishing the two large columns that will support the suspension bridge. "This work has been complex, among other things because in order to begin the bridge we have had to displace some 860 families and we will reach 1000 families when we finish the process. I want to say that these are important housing developments, among owners and renters. And all of these people have to be respected because they have different circumstances. We have to deal with the difficulties that have to do with these families, such as transferring the children to the schools, distancing the families from the places of work or eliminating their sources of employment such as colmados and small stores. There are people who are sneaky and remain in the barrio, but we have been able to determine that they are the fewer," he pointed out.
According to the Opret, they have reached an agreement with 860 families, of this amount some 160 will be paid "in the coming days," and the others have are ready been taking care of. Nevertheless there are some 150 with which they have not begun the process of negotiation in order to remove them. They would add up to 1010 families displaced by the Metro, of which nearly 80% where to be found in the Gualey barrio of the National District and 20% in Los Mina.
Regarding the parallel work that is being carried out on the Metro extension, Carrasco revealed that at the end by the Mella Highway they will build a second underground station that will serve to make the connection with an eventual Metro line that will connect with the Ensanche Isabelita and that area. In addition there is the branch of the Metro for the extension going to San Isidro. "The Metro is always accompanied by a project of storm drains, in this case they are building drainage with the capacity of a cubic meter per second which will also benefit the sectors surrounding the Metro, because they will be connected. This water is going to go down into the Ozama River. We have to given emphasis that this is rainwater, and not sewage," he said.
Ayuntamiento
The deputy director of Opret explained that the station located on the Mella Highway will connect with what will become an important zone of the municipality of East Santo Domingo. "The Municipal Palace will be there and it will be an open area on the surface, they have been demolishing the buildings that were in the zone, but in addition there will be service buildings of other companies. We expect that being an area of transfers, it will become a station such as the Juan Pablo Duarte and Station 1," he said.
The deputy director of Opret, Leonel Carrasco, said that "during the first weeks of May, or at the latest in the middle, the perforation of the tunnel will be finished."
In this section of Line 2 they are building a tunnel that is 2725 m long, which means that nearly 95% of the digging is finished. For logistical reasons, connecting the whole tunnel will allow the free movement of the trucks that will be carrying materials. Nevertheless, there remains the finishing of the Metro tunnel with reinforced concrete.
For the transit of vehicles they have built an additional ramp of entry and exit, located on the President Estrella Ureña Avenue.
Leonel Carrasco, said that for this extension they will build two underground "super - vaults" with one located at the Fernandez de Navarrete Avenue and the other at Trina de Moya Street which will permit less chaos in the traffic along the San Vicente de Paul Avenue. "It is more costly, but it will avoid greater inconveniences along the San Vicente de Paul Avenue. The super vaults consist of the section of the stations where the trains arrive and the passenger platforms. The Metro tunnel itself has a vault that is 9 m in diameter, the super vaults have a diameter of 16 m," he explained.
Carrasco noted the fact that they have not halted traffic along the San Vicente de Paul Avenue is a success. "We do not want to open stations that are open sky in order not to disturb the upper part more than what is happening now. If we open above, we will be affecting traffic even more and although there is inconvenience, the San Vicente de Paul Avenue has still not been closed at any time. We have a new method with the stations. The super vaults allow us to carry out the work on the surface in less time and provoke fewer problems for the people," he said.
Sensitive issues
In the case of the bridge over the Ozama River he explained that this will have an extension of approximately 800 m long and that they are finishing the two large columns that will support the suspension bridge. "This work has been complex, among other things because in order to begin the bridge we have had to displace some 860 families and we will reach 1000 families when we finish the process. I want to say that these are important housing developments, among owners and renters. And all of these people have to be respected because they have different circumstances. We have to deal with the difficulties that have to do with these families, such as transferring the children to the schools, distancing the families from the places of work or eliminating their sources of employment such as colmados and small stores. There are people who are sneaky and remain in the barrio, but we have been able to determine that they are the fewer," he pointed out.
According to the Opret, they have reached an agreement with 860 families, of this amount some 160 will be paid "in the coming days," and the others have are ready been taking care of. Nevertheless there are some 150 with which they have not begun the process of negotiation in order to remove them. They would add up to 1010 families displaced by the Metro, of which nearly 80% where to be found in the Gualey barrio of the National District and 20% in Los Mina.
Regarding the parallel work that is being carried out on the Metro extension, Carrasco revealed that at the end by the Mella Highway they will build a second underground station that will serve to make the connection with an eventual Metro line that will connect with the Ensanche Isabelita and that area. In addition there is the branch of the Metro for the extension going to San Isidro. "The Metro is always accompanied by a project of storm drains, in this case they are building drainage with the capacity of a cubic meter per second which will also benefit the sectors surrounding the Metro, because they will be connected. This water is going to go down into the Ozama River. We have to given emphasis that this is rainwater, and not sewage," he said.
Ayuntamiento
The deputy director of Opret explained that the station located on the Mella Highway will connect with what will become an important zone of the municipality of East Santo Domingo. "The Municipal Palace will be there and it will be an open area on the surface, they have been demolishing the buildings that were in the zone, but in addition there will be service buildings of other companies. We expect that being an area of transfers, it will become a station such as the Juan Pablo Duarte and Station 1," he said.
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