A former president of Dominican College of Engineers, Architects and Surveyors (Codia) assured that the Sabaneta metal bridge that communicates to the provinces The Vega Y Mirabal Sisters It should have been removed 50 years ago.
The engineer Theodore Tejada recalled that the work on Camu Riverlocated in the Jeremías community, was built in 1935, that is, it has been in operation for 87 years.
“We understand that this bridge that joins two important and highly productive provinces of our country should have been destroyed more than 50 years ago. Thank God there has been no unfortunate event due to its progressive deterioration, ”he meant.
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The former president of Codia said that in addition to the urgency of eliminating this work, the authorities must also prioritize the destruction of the editions that have been built above and next to their approaches.
“The great floods of San Miguel neighborhood and others contiguous in the municipality of La Vega, is due to the flooding of the river Camuwhich with large floods of water drag large amounts of sediment and drag trees and trunks from indiscriminate deforestation”, he explained.
The also construction businessman pointed out that “when water flows pass from a larger river width to a much smaller one or funnel due to the construction of this bridge, it causes a pool that produces a hydraulic jump, and the waters, when raising their level, come out by the scuppers and area of the lower river zone that flood all those towns”.
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In a press release, the former president of the code welcomed the decision of the minister of Public Works and Communications (MOPC)engineer Delign Ascensionto order the closure of this bridge and start the construction of a new and modern work.
