MORE INFRA. The Department of Public Works and Highways regional office in Palo, Leyte. The DPWH field office here has recorded a 19.2-percent accomplishment during the first four months of 2022 as it rushes to complete PHP43 billion worth of infrastructure projects this year. (Photo courtesy of DPWH) TACLOBAN CITY - The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) regional office here has recorded a 19.2-percent accomplishment during the first four months of the year as it rushes to complete PHP43 billion worth of infrastructure projects this year. The January to April feat is 8.41 percent higher than the target, DPWH regional director Allan Borromeo said in a statement on Monday. Borromeo said the pre-construction activities for the 2022 projects are now 91.44 percent done, and that its preliminary detailed engineering works are now 98.6-percent completed. Of the 1,267 project components for construction this year, three are completed, 891 are ongoing and the rest are under the pre
NEW ROAD. An aerial view of Tacloban Bypass Road that was fully completed in 2021. The Department of Public Works and Highways has implemented PHP21.25 billion worth of infrastructure projects in Eastern Visayas in 2021 in support of the government's "Build, Build, Build" program.(Photo courtesy of DPWH Region 8) TACLOBAN CITY - The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) has completed PHP21.25 billion worth of infrastructure projects in Eastern Visayas in 2021 in support of the government's "Build, Build, Build" program. DPWH Eastern Visayas Regional Director Allan Borromeo reported on Tuesday that the regional office and its 14 district offices finished 894 projects under last year's allotment with 327 still ongoing and 33 projects up for implementation this year. "The DPWH accomplished the construction, maintenance, improvement, and widening of 113.57 kilometers of national roads in six provinces of the region. Also completed in 2021 are 3
NEW ROAD. An aerial view of Tacloban Bypass Road. The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) has fully completed the PHP2.12 billion Tacloban City Bypass Road after seven years of construction.(Photo courtesy of DPWH Region 8) TACLOBAN CITY - The Department of Public Works and Highways has fully completed the PHP2.12-billion Tacloban City Bypass Road after seven years of construction. President Rodrigo Duterte and DPWH Acting Secretary Roger Mercado led late Thursday the unveiling of the project marker to formally inaugurate the 6.405-kilometer bypass road. In a statement, Mercado lauded the DPWH regional office here for implementing this road project, overcoming obstacles. "We are proud of the successful implementation of the Tacloban City Bypass Road, a significant project added to the Duterte Legacy," Mercado said. The project involved the opening of the road, including four-lane and six-lane roadway, construction of drainage, and slope protection structures. The 6