Cuban Vice President
Checks National Highway
Works
Cuban Vice President
Carlos Lage visited the
works of the National
Highway in the section
linking the provinces of
Guantanamo and Santiago
de Cuba in the eastern
tip of the island.
According to Juventud
Rebelde daily, the
secretary of the Council
of Ministers Executive
Committee was informed
that constructors are
working on the first
mile and a half of the
16.7 miles of the
highway going from
Cabanas to Songo-La
Maya.
The director of the
Guantanamo Road Center,
Manuel de Jesus Guilarte,
explained the highway
will take the southern
route of the road and
will have two lanes for
circulation and a paved
sidewalk.
When this part of the
project is concluded,
the risks of land
incommunication with
Santiago de Cuba will
disappear. This usually
happens in the rainy
season when the
Guantanamo river
overflows flooding the
Cabana bridge in the
existing road, said the
official.
Also, he added, the
completion of the
stretch to Santiago
reduces by four miles
the part of the
traditional road and
gives greater comfort
and security to the
traffic.
Lage also visited the
Luis Raposo quarry and
an asphalt plant where
he assessed the
execution of investments
and the need to increase
production of building
materials demanded by
the social works being
done.
He also visited the
water pumping station
Guanta being modernized
as part of initial works
carried out in the
southern part of the
Guantanamo aqueduct to
benefit 64 thousand
inhabitants and the main
industries located in
that zone. |
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