Former Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) secretary turned senatorial candidate Mark Villar has promised the completion of the Tayabas Bypass Road linking Lucena, Quezon Province to Batangas.
(Photo from Villar's media team) The project was originally projected to be completed by 202
(File photo) MANILA - The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) on Monday reported the completion of a total of 1,708 projects in the National Capital Region and Calabarzon last year. In its accomplishment report, DPWH-NCR director Nomer Abel Canlas said despite the challenges amid the coronavirus pandemic, the District Engineering Offices (DEOs) were able to achieve an overall absorptive capacity of 94.89 percent after obligating a total of PHP44.3 billion, and a prior year disbursement rate of 83.13 percent from disbursing a total of PHP46.6 billion. "2021 is a year of many milestones for the DPWH-NCR. We were able to implement vital infrastructure projects and programs that are responsive to the special needs of the region with one of the biggest populations," Canlas said. Among the highlights of its accomplishment for 2021 are the dredging operations along Pasig-Marikina River near SM Marikina in Barangay Olandes, Marikina City; bike lanes along Roxas Boulevard,
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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.