UP FOR IMPROVEMENT. The aerial view of the San Juanico Bridge, which connects the islands of Leyte and Samar. The national government set aside some PHP87.4 million to carry out another phase of a major rehabilitation of the 50-year-old San Juanico Bridge, the Department of Public Works and Highways regional office here said on Friday (July 29, 2022).(Photo courtesy of Lyle Aranas) TACLOBAN CITY - The national government set aside some PHP87.4 million to carry out another phase of a major rehabilitation of the 50-year-old San Juanico Bridge, the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) regional office here said on Friday. This will be the second year the government will undertake a major repair of the bridge that forms part of the nautical highway that connects Leyte and Samar Islands, DPWH Eastern Visayas Regional Director Allan Borromeo said. This year's allocation will fund the structural steel and painting of the 508.38 square meters portion of the bridge and the tighteni