With a investment of RD$949 millionPresident Luis Abinader and the Minister of Public Works, Deligne Ascención, work on the road that connects the municipalities and municipal districts of Hondo Valle, Juan Santiago and El Cercado has begunwhich link the provinces of San Juan and Elías Piña.
Prior to the first palazo, the president explained that with the construction of this important road, the residents of these provinces will see a long-standing dream come true.
"I remember that of This road was always repaired a little bit, but it was never completely intervened and I am here because I do not forget that in the 2016 elections, in Hondo Valle we promised to finish this highway and today we are fulfilling that promise" referred
President Abinader said that this highway had not been started due to the economic crisis in which we received the country as a result of COVID 19. He said that despite the distance, these lands, due to the characteristics of the climate and the environment, could well become an ecotourism pole like Constanza and Jarabacoa and, that with the construction of these road works this can become a reality in a while.
He said that with the completion of the Baní and Azua bypasses and other road infrastructures that the Government, through the MOPC, is building in the south, the distance from the capital to these municipalities will be reduced by at least one hour.
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In his words, Minister Deligne Asención indicated that the road that begins today to connect El Cercado with Hondo Valle has a length of 22 kilometers and it will be finished, fulfilling President Abinader’s promise to benefit more than 50,000 inhabitants of Elías Piña and San Juan with this work.
He added that this will directly impact the communities of El Cercado, Pinar Grande, Los Arroyos, Los Guineos, Juan Santiago, Los Botados, Rancho de la Guardia, El Cruce, Club de la Frontera, Cañada Negra and Hondo Valle.
Ascención said that historically the south of the country had been marginalized from investments in road works that allow its inhabitants to have access to the main urban centers and facilitate their mobility possibilities to other localities for health, study or any other reasons. .
“The absence of secondary roads, the neglect of local roads and the deterioration of existing roadsthroughout the area of the so-called Valle Region, made up of the provinces of San Juan de la Magüana and Elías Piña, prevent the producers of this fertile land from taking their products to the markets and discourages private investment, marginalizing thousands of Dominicans living in these two provinces from human development,” the official said.
He mentioned that the current road was built in the days of Trujillo and is currently completely destroyedits foundations in the sub-base and the pavement have disappeared, traffic in rainy periods is almost impossible and the difficulty of the march causes damage to vehicles and makes the flow of trucks and bus transport impossible.
He said that this project is part of the Investment Plan of the Ministry of Public Works, which is supported by infrastructure projects aimed at improving the quality of life of the inhabitants of the most needy communities in the country,
The Minister of Public Works took advantage of the occasion to report that more than RD$269 million is being invested, with funds from the Inter-American Development Bank, in the repair of local roads in the province of San Juanin the towns of La Lima, El Ingenito, La Ciénaga, Boca de los Arroyos, La Seiba, Aventura and La Higüera.
He said that, in addition, with funds from this program another RD$100 million are being invested in the construction of the local roads of Cañada Miguel, Aniceto Martínez, La Zahonada, Gajo del Moño and Hondo Valle.
He reported that On May 2, a second stage of this Agroforestry Improvement program will begin, with a new investment of RD$104 million, earmarked for the rehabilitation of the local roads of Arroyo Cano, Jaguar, El Hático, Las Matas, Punta Caña, Palo Quemado, Hato Nuevo, the Wall of the Sabaneta Dam, Los Fríos, the Carpintero, Agua de Liborio, Maguana Abajo y Arriba, Yabonico, Los Copeyes, Al Palero, Córbano and Hato del Padre.
Sidewalks and containersThe head of Public Works gave the good news that together with these works, a sidewalk and curb construction program will be developed in Matayayas, and in several municipalities of both Elias Piña provinces.
“Today I am pleased to announce that we are already starting, and putting in possession of the 29 contractors awarded in a tender made by the Ministry of Public Works by indications of President Abinader, for an amount of 4 billion pesos, to start in August a vast program of construction of sidewalks and curbs in all the municipalities of the country”. he claimed
Finally, he reported that in the MOPC there is a plan to build the connectivity of the roads of the Valley region, in San Juan and Elías Piña, it will have a set of paved roads, marked and built with quality and safety; sidewalks and curbs with paved streets in municipalities and neighborhoods throughout the region.
