The Ministry of Public Works and Communications announced on Tuesday the construction of five public parking buildings in both the National District and Santiago.
The director of Parqueate RD, José Cedeño, explained that the tenders for the constructions would be carried out in the “immediate” so that the buildings are ready in that same year.
Deligne Ascención, Minister of Public Works, explained that four will be erected in the National District and one in Santiago, due to the growth of vehicular fleet in these areas, as part of the National Park of Use Public of the Dominican Republic, and that altogether will add 2,109 units of parking for vehicles.
The first of these would be opening between the months of June and July, this first will be the completion of the car park Drassana, with 4 levels, located on the street Vicente Celestino Duarte, in the Colonial Zone, with an area of 2 thousand square meters. It will have 52 parking spaces per level, and 208 in total. According to Cedeño, this would be the first car park to be inaugurated, as the construction takes more than 4 years and is already at 80%.
The new parking buildings, construction will begin this year in the Capital and Santiago, include two five-level buildings each in the Heroes Center.
The second will be built on land of the Supreme Court with an area of 2,743.94 square meters, located behind the parking lot of the Ministry of Labor. It will have 60 parking spaces per level, for a total of 298.
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The Minister of Public Works explained that four will be built in the National District and one in Santiago, due to the growth of vehicular fleet in these areas, as part of the National Plan for Public Use Parking of the Dominican Republic, which together will add 2,109 parking units for vehicles. Another will be erected in an area of 4,000 square meters located on Republic Street in Lebanon with Paul Harris Street, in the parking lot of the National Institute of Hydraulic Resources (INDRHI). It will have 93 parking spaces for each level, with a total of 463