SANTO DOMINGO.-The Ministry of Public Works and Communications (MOPC) reported this Wednesday that three of the six beams that will be placed on the bridge over the Yauya River, in the municipal district of La Otra Banda, La Altagracia province, are ready, a project that amounts to 50 million pesos.
The Deputy Minister of Road Paving, Luis Bastardo, along with authorities from La Otra Banda, assured, during a supervisory visit to the construction company Construcciones Civiles y Marítimas, Cocimar, that the bridge will be completed in the first quarter of 2024, according to a press release signed by the Directorate of Communications and Press of Public Works.
He explained that, under the instructions of the Minister of Public Works, Deligne Ascención, work is being accelerated so that the project will be delivered next year, for the benefit of the community.
“We wanted to make this visit to the site where they are working on the construction of the six beams that will be placed on the La Otra Banda bridge, and as you can see, the formwork has already been removed, all that remains is to place them, pour the road slab, the approaches and then it will be ready for vehicular traffic,” said Bastardo.
Luis Bastardo, Vice Minister of Road Paving. (External source).
Rosalía Martínez Castillo, director of La Otra Banda, expressed her enthusiasm and gratitude for the invitation from Vice Minister Bastardo to see the progress of the work on the beams that go over the bridge in that town.
“We have been invited to see the truth, to convey the message to the community, which is waiting for us; I see it very well and I hope, just as we have seen it, that the people will see it soon, we have faith that in a month we will have our bridge ready,” he expressed.
The Project Director of the company Cocimar, Pablo Penzu, explained that the beams are 25 meters long, 1.50 meters high and made of 350 quality concrete.
The beams are manufactured at the Cocimar company, located in Ensanche Galá, National District.
Deputy Minister Bastardo was accompanied by Villijant Tavárez Cedeño, regional director East of the MOPC; Sulis Peña, supervisor; and Manuel Castillo, from Road Maintenance.
Also present were the provincial governor, Martina Pepén Santana; Felicia Martínez Rodríguez, representative of the La Otra Banda municipal district; and Henry Martínez Marte, regional coordinator of Infotep.
