Ministerio de Obras Públicas y Comunicaciones

What Ministerio de Obras Públicas y Comunicaciones does

The Ministerio de Obras Públicas y Comunicaciones (MOPC) is the Dominican Republic's national ministry responsible for public infrastructure, originally established in 1854 and re-designated as a Ministry via Decree 56-10 in February 2010. Headquartered in Santo Domingo with 1,001-5,000 employees, it is the sole mandated authority for planning, constructing, and maintaining the country's road networks (1,395 km of trunk roads, 2,412 km of secondary, 1,620 km of tertiary, and 60,000+ km of local roads and paths), bridges and hydraulic structures (2,600+), toll stations (14, of which 10 are managed directly), public parking, and technical regulations governing construction. Operations run through four wholly-owned dependencies: RD-Vial (toll trust), COMIPOL (military road assistance and security with 215+ vehicles and a 24/7 call center across 21 strategic points), Parquéat_RD (parking trust, created 2019), and DGRS (technical regulations and standards, in operation since 1982).

MOPC's core technology footprint is anchored by a GeoPortal — a web-based, georeferenced national road-infrastructure inventory developed with the Inter-American Development Bank under the Climate Change Adaptation Transport Infrastructure Support project — together with digital systems for toll management (RD-Vial), parking operations (Parquéat_RD), and road-assistance dispatch (COMIPOL). The ministry also publishes technical regulations through the DGRS portal (digital PDFs free, physical copies RD$100–RD$300), participates in the national 311 government service system, and operates across all 32 provinces via provincial helpdesks and a centralized contact center.

Because MOPC is a state ministry rather than a commercial enterprise, its revenue mechanics are entirely budget-driven: funding flows from Dominican Republic national budget allocations, supplemented by ringfenced toll receipts (administered through the RD-Vial trust) and BID program financing (notably the Bridge Infrastructure Climate Resilience Program covering 53 bridges). Pricing of citizen-facing services is free of charge; only nominal cost-recovery is applied for physical regulation copies. Leadership is ministerial rather than corporate — current Minister Rafael Eduardo Estrella Virella was designated in February 2025 via Decree 48-25, working alongside five Vice Ministers covering road maintenance, regional coordination, sectoral infrastructure, planning and regulation, and oversight/supervision of works.

Name

Ministerio de Obras Públicas y Comunicaciones

Legal name

Ministerio de Obras Públicas y Comunicaciones

Website

https://mopc.gob.do

Company type

Private

Founded year

1854

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1,001–5,000 employees

Short description

MOPC is the Dominican Republic's national ministry for public works and communications, founded in 1854 and headquartered in Santo Domingo. It regulates and manages the country's road network, bridges, toll stations, parking, and construction technical standards through four trusts: RD-Vial, COMIPOL, Parquéat_RD, and DGRS.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Government Public Works

NAICS

Public Administration (92), Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support (9211), Administration of Housing Programs, Urban Planning, and Community Development (9251)

SIC

Water, Sewer, Pipeline, Comm & Power Line Construction (1623)

akta.pro primary industry

State/Provincial Transportation, Roads & Public Works Administration (BPAIABAK)

akta.pro secondary industries

Public Works Departments (Streets, Bridges, Stormwater, Fleet, Maintenance) (BPAIALAD), Infrastructure Planning, Capital Programs & Project Delivery Offices (PMOs) (BPAIALAJ), Financial Risk, Controls & Audit (Public Sector) (BPAIAEAH)

Keywords

• Public works ministry
• Road infrastructure management
• Government construction regulation
• Toll road operations
• Transportation safety services

Headquarters

HQ city

Santo Domingo

HQ country

Dominican Republic

HQ region

Latin America

Offices5 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Infrastructure, Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Government Budget Funding: As a government ministry, MOPC is funded through the national public budget. Revenue is allocated by the Dominican Republic government for infrastructure planning, construction, and maintenance of national roads, bridges, and public works.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

The Ministerio de Obras Públicas y Comunicaciones (MOPC) is the government ministry of the Dominican Republic responsible for planning, construction, maintenance, and supervision of the national road network, bridges, tunnels, and public buildings. It operates dependency entities including RD-VIAL (toll collection and road maintenance trust), Parquéat_RD (public parking trust), COMIPOL (military commission for road safety and assistance), and DGRS (directorate issuing technical regulations and standards for the construction sector).

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• GeoPortal Vial Infrastructure Platform Web platform providing official road infrastructure information of the Dominican Republic, including road conditions, bridges, tunnels, toll stations, and assistance services with georeferencing and measurement tools, available to citizens and businesses.
• RD-VIAL Toll Collection and Road Maintenance Trust

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 300 infrastructure works inaugurated improving quality of life across Dominican Republic provinces
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature2 records

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Ministerio de Obras Públicas y Transportes (Costa Rica): Costa Rica's combined public works and transport ministry — closest geographic and structural peer to MOPC given the shared public-works + transport mandate and small-economy scale.
• Secretaría de Infraestructura, Comunicaciones y Transportes (Mexico): Mexico's federal infrastructure, communications and transport ministry — direct equivalent to MOPC's combined public works and communications mandate. Comparable scale and broad infrastructure portfolio.
• Ministerio de Transporte (Colombia): Colombia's transport ministry with similar responsibilities for national road infrastructure planning, concession oversight, and transport regulation. Comparable regulatory and infrastructure-delivery role in a Latin American context.
• Ministerio de Obras Públicas (Argentina): Argentina's federal public works ministry with shared mandate over road infrastructure and public building projects. Comparable in regulatory and capital-program delivery role.
• Ministerio de Transportes y Comunicaciones (Peru): Peru's combined transport and communications ministry, sharing MOPC's dual mandate over public works and communications regulation. Comparable structure with vice-ministerial portfolios and project-delivery focus.
• Ministério dos Transportes (Brazil): Brazil's federal transport ministry responsible for federal highways and transport infrastructure. Comparable in scale and mandate, though separated from a communications function.
• Ministerio de Obras Públicas (Chile): Chile's national public works ministry with a comparable mandate: planning, construction, and maintenance of road infrastructure, public buildings, and hydraulic works. Most directly comparable peer given similar scope (roads, bridges, public works) and government-budget operating model.
• Ministerio de Obras Públicas (Panama): Panama's public works ministry — most direct Central American/Caribbean peer with similar scale, road-infrastructure focus, and public-budget operating model.
• Ministerio de Transporte y Obras Públicas (Uruguay): Uruguay's transport and public works ministry with comparable responsibilities over national road infrastructure and public works regulation. Similar size and governance structure.

Others

• Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo (BID / IDB): While not a ministry, BID is MOPC's core financing and technical-cooperation partner (GeoPortal development, 53-bridge Climate Resilience Program). Key enabler and counterparty that defines MOPC's project pipeline and access to concessional capital.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/RDMOPC
• YouTubeyoutube.com/mopcrd
• Facebookfacebook.com/mopcrd
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/mopc
• Instagraminstagram.com/mopcrd

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Subsidiaries4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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