DR’s monorail and cable car to be in operation by 2024 | The Bajan Reporter

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DR’s monorail and cable car to be in operation by 2024 | The Bajan Reporter

The monorail under construction in Santiago will be in service by February 2024 and the Santiago cable car will begin operating in September 2023. The project builders Manuel Estrella, of Estrella Engineering and Jhael Isa, director of the Office of Uban and Interurban Mobility Projects took President Luis Abinader on a tour during his visit […]

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