Santiago.- The president Luis Abinader led the inauguration ceremony of the remodeled Joaquín Balaguer highway, construction of sidewalks and curbs in communities and will continue with other works in Puerto Plata.
The works were executed by the Ministry of Public Works with an investment of more than 978 million pesos, of which the Santiago-Navarrete highway concentrated 497 million pesos.
The Minister of Public Works, Deligne Ascención, said that the remodeled Santiago-Navarrete highway will improve traffic throughout the region.
He highlighted the Government’s investments in the “Ciudad Corazón Urban Accessibility Plan”, aimed at facilitating the integration between the traditional and residential neighborhoods of the city with the expanding areas in the peripheral municipalities.
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“This section of the old highway, over the years, has become an avenue with multiple businesses and industries that make it a highly trafficked road. However, due to the deterioration of the pavement, the lack of signage and the insecurity with which it was found, they had turned it into a dangerous and tedious highway,” explained Ascención.
He said that the signaling adapted to the new construction technologies will guarantee the safety of the vehicles that travel through the highway whose remodeling consisted of the rehabilitation of 11 kilometers of the asphalt layer, including milling, replacement of materials.
It also included the replacement of the existing railings and placement of new security structures, as well as horizontal and vertical security signage, and guidance for drivers.
This Monday, the president will inaugurate various works of road, educational, tourist, sports infrastructure, among other activities in the Novia del Atlántico.
