It started with a 10-kilometer Laguna Lake Highway in the eastern corridor of Metro Manila in 2016 and will now end with additional 1,764 kilometers built roads to improve Calabarzon's road network.
Laguna Lake Highway (Photo courtesy of the DPWH) A total of 1,764 kilometers of roads have been
Anna Mae Yu Lamentillo
On our first few months in Department of Public Works and Highways, we have received the most number of complaints on Circumferential Road 6 a toll free expressway we now call Laguna Lake Highway. At that time, it was full of large potholes so large that we would get reports of dented exhaust pipes, mufflers or catalytic converters. It would scrape against bumpers, side skirts, and undercarriages. When it rains, the problem is even aggravated by mud and flooding.
It was at this point that Secretary Mark Villar decided to call everyone involved in the project. It was then that we realized that Circumferential Road 6 only had the specifications of a dike rather than an all-weather national highway. The project was primarily a flood control program and the road was only meant to provide access for light vehicles. It was clear, the road needed to be upgraded.
(PHOTO VIA DPWH / MANILA BULLETIN)
The new bridge, which is called Kaykulot Bridge, connects the Tagaytay-Calamba Road and Sta. Rosa-Ulat-Tagaytay Road in Cavite.
It is a 90-lineal meter bridge built under a P65.7-million budget.
According to Public Works and Highways Secretary Mark Villar, the bridge is a key component of the Kaykulot Road that will provide an alternate route and easy access to tourism designated areas such as the Tagaytay Picnic Grove and Peoples Park in the Sky (formerly Palace in the Sky).
The bridge will benefit some 2,000 daily motorists, Villar added.
The entire Kaykulot Road Project has a total length of 2.367 kilometers.