Santo Domingo.- The Minister of Tourism, David Collado, inaugurated this Wednesday the renovated Juan Pablo Duarte park and put into operation the restored Las Mercedes street in the Colonial City, as part of the rehabilitation program in that emblematic and tourist area of the Dominican capital, declared a World Heritage Site by Unesco in 1990.
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In the act, Minister Collado highlighted the importance of those two works and pointed out the historical value of the rescue of the emblematic Duarte park, in addition to its tourist attraction. Regarding the symbolic Las Mercedes street, the official explained that it is part of the Prioritized Streets project, which seeks to convert the roads of the Colonial City into more habitable, walkable, inclusive, and accessible public spaces for its residents, merchants, and visitors. “These two works have extraordinary value in this whole effort of total transformation of our beautiful and historic Colonial City,” said Minister Collado. Among the refurbishment works of Duarte Park, lighting was included, new landscaping, planting of new trees, new signage, pavement with permeable pavers and designed with universal accessibility. The Las Mercedes street is 715 meters long and the work carried out consists of new pavement on the roadway and sidewalks, with concrete slabs. This prioritized streets project focuses on the rehabilitation of 4.7 kilometers of streets, including the renovation of pavements, sidewalks, hydro-sanitary, electrical and telecommunications networks, as well as a pilot plan for electromobility and waste management. The prioritized streets are Las Damas, El Conde, Hostos, Luperón, Salomé Ureña, Duarte, March 19, José Reyes, Las Mercedes, Archbishop Nouel and Padre Billini.
