MANILA - The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) is preparing some crucial plans and targets for the next two to five years to develop a new road network in Eastern Visayas region. Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Acting Secretary Roger G. Mercado said in a statement on Wednesday he has tapped the Unified Project Management Office (UPMO) Operations headed by Undersecretary and "Build Build Build" Chief Implementer Emil K. Sadain to assist Regional Office 8 in preparing the construction of a stronger regional road network. Mercado, who hails from Southern Leyte, identified the insufficient infrastructure as a major constraint to the economic growth and poverty reduction particularly in Southern Leyte and Northern Samar. Sadain had presented to Mercado a road map of short and long-term projects which will help spur the improvement of infrastructure services in Eastern Visayas and move the Region into a virtuous circle of growth and development. One of t
Expect new road networks in the Eastern Visayas region in the next two to five years. This is what the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) has vowed to accomplish as plans are now underway for projects of road improvement as well as new infrastructure projects. DPWH Acting Secretary Ro
The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) is preparing some crucial plans and targets for the next two (2) to five (5) years to develop new road