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Local December 3, 2018 | 8:05 am

‘Shadow toll’ road costs Dominican Republic taxpayers US$72.0M

Santo Domingo.- Since 2016, the amount of the Budget subsidy allocated to the Public Works Ministry's "shadow toll" to pay for the Santo Domingo-Samaná highway has increased every year. The Government plans to allocate RD$3.6 billion (US$72.0 million) for that item in 2019, or RD$978.8 million more than the amount established in the current budget. When the Dominican Govt. and Autopistas de... Read more