The new highway Santo Domingo-Samaná and v.v.
Disclaimer: I read about this highway on one of the local papers and since I don't know anyone who can confirm this for me or haven't used it, use it as a guide and be prepared.This highway will reduce the travel time between Santo Domingo and Samaná to 1.5-2 hours, as opposed to 4-5 hours as it is now going via Cotuí or San Francisco de Macorís. It's a highway with 3 (yes, you read it right) toll booths and you have to pay them on the way there AND back. The first one is on Las Américas highway, the second one at the highway's km 18 and the last one at a place called La Reforma. The prices are as follows:- Motorbikes: FREE in all 3 booths- Cars and similar vehicles (vehículos livianos): 40 pesos (first), 130 pesos (second), 155 pesos (third).- Microbuses and minibuses: 260 pesos (second), no price info about the other 2 booths- 2-axle trucks and buses (camiones de 2 ejes y autobuses):...
