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"Daan sa Kaunlaran, Tulay sa Kinabukasan"                                                                                      "DPWH: Paving the way to Progress and Development; Bridging for a Better Future"                                                                                                                                                      "Daan sa Kaunlaran, Tulay sa Kinabukasan"                                                                        "DPWH: Paving the way to Progress and Development; Bridging for a Better Future"                                                                                                                                                               

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DPWH CY 2008 ACCOMPLISHMENTS

One hundred ten years of service, that is what DPWH is celebrating in year 2008. 

 

The occasion of the Department’s 110th Anniversary also comes at a time when the agency is at the forefront of a renewed surge in expanding the network of roads and bridges that link our country to the future and to progress.

 

This is indeed a good opportunity to take stock of how well DPWH have done things since June 23,1898. There is much to learn from the past.

This is the time for DPWH renewed commitment of service.

The anniversary theme “Building on the Strength and experience of 110 years of Bridging People and Progress” underscores the agency’s wealth of experience and the depth of strength as an institution and as a team. DPWH tools of service must be harnessed for the good of the many, for the future of the generations ahead.

 

The 110 years of the Department inspire its men and women to work 110 percent every day.  The 110 years push its people to do jobs harder, faster and better.

DPWH is at the forefront of the infrastructure investments of the future.  The more it fast tracks its public works projects, it also fast-tracks nation’s progress.

The 110 years is a not mere celebration but also commemoration of the legacy of service and the record of success of the people who have made the DPWH what it is today.

DPWH challenge is not only to serve but also to make its service pave the way for real progress, for every community across our land.

Let the DPWH service builds the bridge to progress and let its strength build the road to prosperity.

The men and women of the DPWH are standing together as one team and building on the strength and experience of 110 years of bridging people and progress.

 

DPWH 2005-2010 MEDIUM TERM DEVELOPMENT PLANINFRASTRUCTURE POLICIES AND STRATEGIES

 

Under the long and medium term plans and programs, DPWH is seeking to accomplish the following:

 

  1. Pave all national roads with concrete or asphalt with the objective of increasing ratio of paved length to total length of national roads from 70% in 2004 to 95% in 2010, with international roughness index (IRI) of less than 4.  

  2. Replace/construct national bridges with permanent structures throughout the country with the objective of increasing ratio of permanent bridges, from 93% in 2004 to 100% in 2010.

  3. Prioritize roads to support the 10-point agenda of the government with the following pertinent thrusts relating to road infrastructure:

·       Complete the Nautical Highways to transport the produce of Mindanao to Luzon and Visayas. The DPWH is seeking to complete the paving and improvement of the remaining unimproved road sections of the Western, Central, and Eastern Nautical Highways as well as rehabilitation or replacement of weak bridges along the routes.

·       Decongest Metro Manila through the completion of expressway projects and undertake projects to speed traffic in and out of Metro Manila

·       Address critical transport bottlenecks. In urban areas, the DPWH is implementing widening, traffic management and intersections improvement to ease congestion; while in rural areas, paving and improving arterial road links between regional centers and production areas.

·        Improve access to major tourist destinations through the paving and improvement of roads leading to tourist complexes at Cebu-Bohol-Camigiun, Palawan, Cordillera, Clark-Subic and Davao.

 

  1. Allocate infrastructure funds according to the following order priority:

  

·      Preservation and maintenance - we are targeting an increase in the allocation for maintenance of national roads from P4.8 billion to P13.5 billion by 2010 to fully meet computed needs, with international roughness index (IRI) of less than 4.

·       Rehabilitation - wherein we are seeking the provision of adequate funds to meet rehabilitation needs based on pavement and bridge management systems (PMS/BMS)

 

 

DPWH intensified implementation of public works and highways projects in CY 2008 to facilitate and reduce the costs of doing business and other economic and social activities.

 

Some 6,536.408 kilometers of national roads and 20,423 lineal meters of national bridges were constructed, improved and rehabilitated and built in 2008 at a cost of P43.458 Billion.

 

About 1,329 flood control projects amounting to P5.068 Billion were completed in 2008.

 

Some 7,713 other infrastructure projects costing P7.151 Billion were completed in 2008, ranging from water supply and irrigation/canal and laterals, to national buildings and other public infrastructure. 

 

To alleviate the classrooms shortage due to increasing number of school population, the DPWH has completed a total of 3,423 classrooms costing P1.309 Billion 

 

In addition, the DPWH, as executing agency for infrastructure projects funded under the budgets of non-infrastructure agencies facilitated countryside growth with the improvement/construction of 75.74 kilometers (175 projects) of farm-to-market roads costing P286.10 Million under the budget of the Department of Agriculture; and improvement/construction of 3.298 kilometers (5 projects) of farm-to-market roads costing P6.5 Million under the budget of Department of Agrarian Reform. 

 

To date, the President’s Bridge Program has attained a total completion of 1,203 bridges for combined Tulay ng Pangulo sa Barangay, Tulay ng Pangulo sa SZOPAD and Countrywide Bridges under its five year implementation period.  Constructed were 410 bridges under “Tulay ng Pangulo sa Barangay” bridges with a total length of 14,585.490 lineal meters costing P6.041 Billion, 593 bridges under the “Tulay Ng Pangulo sa SZOPAD/Mindanao” with a total length of 15,944.090 lineal meters costing P7.420 Billion, and 200 bridges under “Countrywide Bridge Projects” with a total length of 5,011.912 lineal meters costing P2.287 Billion.  Also completed are eight (8) long bridges with a total length of 293.350 lineal meter costing P259.413 Million and four (4) flyovers with a total length of 1,116.830 lineal meter costing P1.649 Billion both for “Tulay ng Pangulo sa Kaunlaran”.

 

 

SONA PROJECTS UPDATE

 

The Department of Public Works and Highways continuous to create opportunities across the country and serve as catalyst for development through the implementation of priority infrastructure projects under PGMA SONA.

 

There are about 23 projects directly under the implementation of the Department costing P56.026 Billion.  Excluded in the number are projects under Build-Operate and Transfer (BOT) scheme, toll concession agreement and flood control. As of December 31, 2008, accomplishment posted under DPWH SONA projects was 31.59%.

 

Under the North Luzon Agribusiness Quadrangle (NLAQ), are three (3) projects with total cost of P7.585 Billion and accomplishment of 15.82%.  Projects under NLAQ are the widening/concreting of 95.29 kilometers Halsema Highway covering the Bontoc Banaue Section (25.78% complete) and Mt. Data-Bontoc Section (30.97% complete); concreting of the 108.03 kilometers Bontoc-Tabuk-Tuguegarao Road (15.96% complete); and 120 kilometers gravelling and construction including rehabilitation of bridges at Baler-Casiguran Road (4.84% complete) in Aurora Province.

 

To promote the Luzon Urban Beltway (LUB) as a globally competitive logistics and services center by improving and integrating the transport infrastructure system, DPWH is implementing the widening/improvement including new road opening for the 120.65 kilometers Tarlac-Nueva Ecija-Fort Magsaysay-Dingalan Port Road (42.42% complete) in Central Luzon and the concreting of 109.125 kilometers Marikina-Infanta Road (39.59% complete) in Southern Tagalog Region.  The two projects costing P3.898 billion has a cumulative accomplishment of 40.73%.

 

DPWH will facilitate inter-island island transportation, commerce, agribusiness and further enhance tourism including job generation in the Central Philippines Super Region through nine (9) road improvement projects located in Regions 4-B, 5, 6, 7, and 8.

 

Projects under the Central Philippines Super Region which has a funding amount of P24.010 Billion and accomplishment of 29.61% are as follows: 358.38 kilometers El Nido-Bataraza-Rio Tuba Road (27.44% complete); Cansaga Bay Bridge under the Cebu North Coastal Road Project (phase 1: completed, phase 2: 0.25% complete); Panay Island Package consisting of Caticlan-Malay-Libertad Road (completed), Pandan-Libertad-Antique/Aklan Boundary Road (1.21% complete), Iloilo City-Sta. Barbara and Metro Iloilo Radial Road (6.63% complete); Aroroy-Esperanza Road (37.42% complete); New Bacolod (Silay) Airport Access Road (re-deliberation for approval of the Resolution of Award); Bohol Circumferential Road (completed); Maharlika Highway, Samar (31.58% complete); San Isidro-Lope de Vega Road, Northern Samar (15% complete); and Laoang-Lapinig-Arteche-San Policarpio (Samar Pacific Coastal Road) (not yet started). 

 

In support of harnessing Mindanao to become a key player in Agribusiness, the administration of President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo has poured a total of P20.533 Billion for nine (9) infrastructure projects which to date have an aggregate accomplishment of 37.98% allotted purposely for Super Region projects.  

 

Projects under the Mindanao Super Region includes 89.80 kilometers Dinagat Island Road Network (29.95% complete); 10.518 kilometers Iligan City Circumferential Road 3 (1.43% complete); 10.766 kilometers Dapitan-Dakak Road (38.57% complete); 172.72 kilometers Zamboanga West Coast Road (14.23% complete); 2.36 kilometers Panguil Bay Bridge (contract for the geotechnical investigation works is under process); 104.93 kilometers Jct. Awang-Upi-Lebak-Kalamansig, Sultan Kudarat, Maguindanao (civil works for contract package 1 has just commenced and accomplishment is at 0.04%); 151.88 kilometers Kapalong-Talaingod-Valencia Road, Bukidnon (37.83% complete); 89.27 kilometers Hawilian-Salug-Sinakungan Road (80.33% complete); 436 kilometer Surigao-Davao Coastal Road (average accomplishment of 51.79% with the 66.650 kilometer Manay-Mati Section completed on September 2008);  and Diosdado Macapagal Bridge, Butuan City (completed).

 

2008 Year End Report

(pdf file)

 

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