In what is enabled the passage between the municipality of Yamasá and Don Juanwhose bridge collapsed on Thursday leaving a victim, residents pay between 50 and 500 pesos to cross from one place to another.
The collapse occurred when a truck loaded with arena crossed, causing the death of the driver, Pablo Hinosoja.
In addition to mourning, the situation has left the incommunicado locations and the paralyzed economy, which has been used by some locals to look for some pesos and facilitate the passage to the most daring or in need.
Jean Carlos Bonifacio, 24, is one of those offered by the service. Friday afternoon was satisfied, because he and his friends had gathered 2,500 pesos In four hours.
The business consists of charging from 50 to 500 pesos for crossing a person through the Ozama River.
“As I am a family, I tell you:” They can “give us a hundred, fifty, two hundred. Many people collaborate and even give us five hundred,” he said while counting the ballots. That money, he said, would help with sustenance of his daughter.
At first glance, water does not seem deep, but with an oversight it could be dragged by the current. In addition to the community, young people cross engines and merchandise for the home.
However, “entrepreneurship” could end this Saturday, when brigades of the Ministry of Public Works begin to enable a Provisional step About the Flowing River, according to Miguel Ángel Andújar, Director of the Civil Defense in the province of Monte Plata.
The importance of the bridge
Andújar explained that the step is vital because this way is Mobilize the economy of the area and Transmit merchandise They arrive from Santo Domingo. Free newspaper He found that machinery and sewers had already been transferred to the place. A bully enabled a path to facilitate the work. On both sides of the bridge there were civil defense staff.
The official said the Bridges in the area They suffer on attacks due to the large number of trees that drag the Ozama River, which is born in the Loma Seven Picos, in the Sierra de Yamasá. Communities such as Cuesta del Jobo, La Mina, Antocí and Guasumita were also incommunicado with the head of Monte Plata.
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A longer journey
Under normal conditions, the journey between Yamasá and Don Juan It is about 12 kilometers and is done in 20 minutes. But while I know Rehabilitate the stepthe residents should turn and travel at least 42 kilometers along the roads Héctor J. Díaz and Villa Mella-Yamasá.
The cut of the road also affects the students of Don Juan that reside on the other side of the river. In addition, it represents Producers losses of milk, cocoa, banana, cassava and other items.
Martín Cleto, Milk producer of Don Juanasked President Luis Abinader and Eduardo Estrella, Minister of Public Works, the Quick Bridge Constructionbecause merchants lose a lot of money due to the lack of transport of milk and cocoa between Yamasá, Don JuanPeralvillo and other communities of Monte Plata.
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Ask for an investigation
Cleto, councilor of the Modern Revolutionary Party (PRM), who crosses daily for the bridge, said he did not know if he had structural failures, although he requested to open an investigation, since, after the collapse he noticed that the rods were very thin.
The truck driven by Pablo Hinojosa, who died in the accidenthad not yet been withdrawn from the place because the River has not lowered its flowwhose waters remained dirty due to the rains caused by a trough over the national territory.
In a Bulletin issued At 6:00 p.m. on Friday, Monte Plata and the Eastern provinces continued in yellow alertwhile the great Santo Domingo, San Cristóbal, San José de Ocoa and Azua were in red alert.
