Say no to new mountain highway
Geographer Zacarias Nieto warns that the construction of the new Cibao-South highway on the route proposed and promoted by Monsignor Jose Dolores Grullon of San Juan de la Maguana would result in the destruction of several rivers and forests in the Cordillera Central that are now protected because they are inaccessible to humans. Writing in Clave newspaper (2 October), Nieto says that four highways already connect the country from south to north, of which three are in disrepair. He suggests that these should be repaired instead of building a new highway.
In addition to the Duarte Highway that connects Santo Domingo with Santiago, the others are the San Jose de Ocoa-Constanza road (with side roads to Jarabacoa and Bonao), the Piedra Blanca-Las Carreras-Rancho Arriba and San Jose de Ocoa. The Villa Altagracia-San Cristobal road, and the Carretera Internacional (connecting the border towns with Haiti with Santiago (Villa Vazquez, Guayubin, [...]
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