Santo Domingo Cable Car stations shows progress
Santo Domingo Cable Car stations shows progress
This is great news after some delays with compulsory purchase of properties that stopped works.
This new system will be linked to the existing Metro system to help reduce the amount of road traffic that floods the capital city daily.
The metallic structures are already complete, while the mechanical-engineering part still hasn’t been started.
Station No. 2, located in the poor barrio Los Tres Brazos, shows the most delays, but the pillars that support the cables and the cabins are already built.
The owners of a few houses have awaited eviction during three months and expect the price of their property will be paid by the project overseer URBE.
The Santo Domingo Cable Car is expected to benefit some 300,000 people in 30 districts of Santo Domingo Norte and Este. It will operate as an extension of Santo Domingo Metro Line 2, connection with the station at the barrio Gualey.
Santo Domingo Cable Car stations shows progress