Although he chaos in it transit has begun to decrease after the measures implemented by the authoritiesat kilometer nine of the Duarte Highway, problems persist such as suburbanization and the lack of relocation of the sellers that occupy the southern part of the road.
The extension to 14 lanes has generated opinions divided between the citizens. Some consider that the plugs continue to be a problem, while others perceive improvements in the fluidity of the transit.
Alejandro Méndez, a citizen who has a business in the area, he stated that he has not seen significant changes. “I have seen the same plugs As always, you stop here at five or six in the afternoon and that Duarte Highway remains the same until eight or nine at night, more so on Mondays than other days,” he said.
Dionis Encarnación is driver and assured that things have changed because before the extension It took a long time to reach kilometer nine from the eastern zone, but now it does so fluidly. “Practically in the morning there is very little plugging, I mean, it has been worth it,” said Encarnación.
For José Leoncio the new lanes have not contributed anything to the improvement of the transit at this point and assures that in the morning hours it is still a chaos. “This remains the same. In the afternoon, the traffic jam from the National District towards Santo Domingo Oeste reaches almost to Lincoln, and at night it goes from kilometer 9 and a half,” he commented.
Manuel Encarnación, another driver of the route of kilometer 9 says that plugs there is always and that after the intervention A change has been seen that shows that, when the work is finished, it will be worth it.
“It is an important work that the Governmentit has improved a little, not enough, until they finish there is no improvement important,” he said.
Onéximo González advisor to the Ministry of Public Works on issues of transit and mobilityassures that work in number nine is going “wonderfully well.” “The main objective is functionality without accidents. The four central lanes are already operating on the Luperón, we call it Christmas without Plugs“.
The case of the sellers
Another reality of the work of the kilometer 9 It is what the more than 150 live peddlers either sellers settled in an old plaza built by the Mayor’s Office of Santo Domingo Oeste many years ago. Despite the progress of work to improve the transit In the place, his situation is indefinite.
Jesús Suero, president of the Association of Merchants of the Kilometer 9reported that now the authorities of Public Works have ignored them and it is RD Vial that is in charge of the compensation.
He indicated that they are trying to negotiate privately and what they are offered is 90,000 pesos for premises that, according to him, have a value of more than one million pesos.
“They are failing to comply not only with the relocation but with the commitment to compensate us, they started with one amount and lately they want to end with another… we have made the decision not to take the trifle that they are giving us and from then on we are going to implement another method of fighting.”
Wilson del Rosario and Santiago Pimentel are two merchants that require a pay fair. They said that at least two colleagues were given 600 and 700 thousand pesos for their premises and the others 80,000. They deplored that while they are denied pay Right, on the opposite side of the road, where the Cibao bus terminal is, an agreement was reached and there is no problem just because there are wealthy people involved.
