Abinader says he has completed projects started by previous presidents
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- Dominican President Luis Abinader said his administration has completed or continued projects begun under Joaquín Balaguer, Hipólito Mejía, Leonel Fernández and Danilo Medina.
- He said 80% of the infrastructure projects under discussion should be completed during his administration, while the Amber highway could begin under his government and finish under the next one.
- Projects cited include transport systems, road upgrades, energy and port developments, tourism infrastructure and bypass roads.
President Luis Abinader says he is willing to let another president receive credit for projects completed under his administration if that means finishing infrastructure plans for the Dominican Republic.
“My commitment is to the country,” Abinader said during the second edition of the program LA Agenda Semanal. He said his planning extends beyond the remainder of his government and includes the country’s present and future needs.
My commitment is to the country.
Abinader said his administration has continued projects started by Joaquín Balaguer, Hipólito Mejía, Leonel Fernández and Danilo Medina. He cited a hospital in Paraíso, Barahona, begun under Mejía but left unfinished, along with projects inherited from Fernández and Medina.
He said the government intends to complete 80% of the infrastructure projects being discussed during its current term. The Amber highway near Puerto Plata would be an exception, he said, because his administration must start it so a successor can finish it.
“I am the president who has not left a single project that another government started unfinished,” Abinader said, challenging critics to name one exception.
I have to think not only about what remains of the government, but also about plans for the present and the future in the Dominican Republic.
The projects he said his government will finish include the Santiago monorail, the Los Alcarrizos cable car, a proposed cable car to Quita Sueño, modernization of the Duarte Highway, tourism development in Pedernales, the Manzanillo energy and port project, and several bypasses in the Cibao and Northeast regions.
Abinader presented the projects as a broad infrastructure strategy covering transport, electricity generation, tourism and connections between regions. He also said he would launch a tender at the end of the year for electricity-sector infrastructure, which he described as a difficult inheritance for the next government if left unfinished.
I am the president who has not left a single project that another government started unfinished.
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Originally published by Diario Libre in Spanish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.
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