SANTIAGO.-President Luis Abinader began his tour of Santiago, delivering the Juan Veras-Los Higos-Palo Alto highway, a project with an investment exceeding 251 million pesos, and a length of 9 kilometers.
President Abinader, at the inauguration ceremony of the road, accompanied by the Minister of Public Works and Communications, Deligne Ascención, said that he respects the community members who fight for social demands and called on them to continue demanding the works and solutions to the problems of their communities.
He explained that the more united the communities are in demanding the works, the better off those communities will be.
Ascención stated that the Juan Veras-Los Higos-Palo Alto highway will bring development to these communities.
“For me, it is a moment of great satisfaction to have the opportunity to accompany President Luis Abinader to this city of Santiago to formally hand over the Juan Vera-Higo de Agua-Palo Alto highway,” he said.
Road circuit
The project is part of the road network accessing the city of Santiago, interconnecting with the highways that lead to Puerto Plata, the Northern Ring Road and other outlying municipalities.
He said that the road was built at a cost of 251 million 449 thousand pesos, by the company Ingeniería Estrella, which in coordination with the MOPC has worked to provide Santiago with interconnections, expanding the original scope of the contract through which the Tourist Highway, which leads to Puerto Plata and the other beach hotel centers on the north coast, was fully rehabilitated.
The blessing was given by parish priest Nino Ramos, from the Santa Rosa de Lima parish, who thanked the president since the project had been a request made for more than 20 years by the residents of these communities nestled in the northern mountain range.
Those present at the event included Rosa Santos, governor of the province of Santiago; Eduardo Estrella, president of the Senate; Alexis Sosa, Regional Director of Public Works; the deputies Francisco Díaz and Soraya Suárez; and Andrés Cueto, director of Edenorte.
Others who were present included Ulises Rodríguez and the director of Coraasan, Andrés Burgos.
