The chaotic kilometer 9 of the highway Duarte began to change with the liberation of the 56 spaces that occupied the same number of merchants on the southern bank to make way for the road solution that is proposed Government on the spot.
The image of suburbanization that prevailed in the place with sellers stationary and traveling, car stops, buses and the hustle and bustle, now it has less visual pollution and everyday noises. Only the vibrations of electric drills are felt when people who use the drill walk. Metro and some car stops.
After demolishing 44 concrete and 14 metal premises, the authorities They placed an aluzin protection that covers the debris left by the eviction, but the space looks clearer. A backhoe It remains in place as does the rubble left by the destroyed booths.
The jobs continue in the other parts of the work, such as the case of wall central that is built to make the lanes corresponding to the elevated express.
Meanwhile, groups of merchants They remain on the grounds and from the place they cry out to the authorities for an understanding so that they may be compensated.
Tomás Encarnación, one of the merchantssaid that they were not opposed to leaving the space, but that they wanted things to be done fairly because they were not invaders, because on November 11, 2008 they were settled in the place by the competent authority at that time, which was the Mayor’s Office of Santo Domingo Oeste.
Carlos de la Cruz, president of the merchantssaid that now they do not know what is going to happen to them, because they have nowhere to earn money to support their families.
He Government started the process of road solution of the kilometer 9 of the Duarte Highway with the expansion to 14 lanes, the construction of two new bridges and a more modern pedestrian project in progress, as well as the recovery of green areas.
