Five-year wait: Puerto Plata highway widening full steam ahead

Puerto Plata.- After nearly five years of having started the widening to four lanes of the Navarrete-Puerto Plata highway is full steam ahead after mounting complaints demanding to expedite reconstruction.

The 60-kilometer artery, when paved, will cut driving time from Santiago to Puerto Plata considerably.

Currently three contractors work in several sections, whose main hurdle is landslides, which pose a threat of accidents with fatalities already reported.

One of the points with most delays is the Navarrete-Altamira span, with irregular topography.

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