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Puerto Rico sets out road maintenance strategy

Puerto Rico's Department of Transport and Public Works (DTOP) is setting out a plan to road maintenance and improvement works.
February 8, 2012 Read time: 1 min
1516 Puerto Rico's Department of Transport and Public Works (DTOP) is setting out a plan to road maintenance and improvement works. Some 24 roads will be upgraded across the island while a further 19 maintenance projects have been planned. This plan is part of a new phase in the DTOP's Road Maintenance and Improvement Plan. The works will see a total of US$500 million being spent on road upgrades.

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