The Metro’s second line to span entire Santo Domingo east to west
Santo Domingo.- The Government conducts the ground studies to determine the areas of conflict with property owners, the optic fiber grid and the sewage system, aimed at extending the Metro’s second line as far as San Isidro and not just San Luis, as initially stated.
Transport Reform Office (Opret) director Diandino Peña, after meeting with president Leonel Fernandez in the National Palace, revealed that the French businessman Joan Giacinti also took part, who’s interested in investing in the Metro.
"God willing the Metro’s second line will be a fact and more successful than the first. The Metro has surprised us in the last few months because the flow of passengers has increased to 100,000 daily," the official said.
He said the excavations in the avenues Padre Castellanos and V Centenario are for two stations and affirmed that the authorities will decide on the extension of the Metro’s second line next week.
The Opret had planned to take the second Metro line from Los Alcarrizos in the northwest to San Luis in the southeast, but then it announced it would be only until the downtown avenue Maximo Gomez.
Peña said after the elections he’ll meet with the media to offer more information, like on the extension, the budget and the Government’s participation in its construction. "We decided to extend the Metro until San Isidro by the demand of the community and the military who reside there. In addition the study we did on the demand resulted in favorable numbers."
