The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) completed in CY 2017 P5.715 Billion worth of infrastructure projects in Western Visayas Region.

DPWH Region 6 accomplished a total of 727 projects out of the 1,084 programmed projects in the amount of P23.310 Billion under FY 2017 Regular Infra Program, which includes construction of roads, bridges, flood control structures and other infrastructure to include roads leading to tourism areas in the islands of Panay, Negros and Guimaras.

The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) completed in CY 2017 P5.715 Billion worth of infrastructure projects in Western Visayas Region.

DPWH Region 6 accomplished a total of 727 projects out of the 1,084 programmed projects in the amount of P23.310 Billion under FY 2017 Regular Infra Program, which includes construction of roads, bridges, flood control structures and other infrastructure to include roads leading to tourism areas in the islands of Panay, Negros and Guimaras.

An asphalt applicator has been acquired by the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) to accelerate sealing of road cracks and joints along Leyte’s national road network.

In his report to DPWH Secretary Mark A. Villar, District Engineer Lino Francisco C. Gonzales of DPWH Leyte Fourth District Engineering Office (L4DEO) said the newly acquired equipment is a much faster alternative to the manual application which is conventionally used for the patching of cracks and road joints.