The Department of Public Works and Highways Regional Office 2 (DPWH-2) met with the local government officials to discuss the proposed bridge projects in Cagayan province.

Assistant Regional Director Alexander Nola and Construction Division Chief Jose Tabias conducted the initial stage for the proposed Cagayan Bridge projects by laying out the construction plans to Governor Manuel Mamba.

It was agreed that the feasibility studies on the Camalaniugan-Aparri Bridge, Anquiray-Abolo Bridge, and Sto. Niño-Lasam Bridge will start this year.

According to Department of Public Works and Highways Secretary Mark Villar, the Tacloban By-Pass Road along Daang Maharlika Highway will be completed April 2017.

“The Tacloban City By-Pass Road, which will start at Brgy. Tigbao in Tacloban City and end at Brgy. Caibaan, was constructed to decongest traffic along Daang Maharlika Highway, which has a total annual average daily traffic of 11,393,” Villar said.

“The project will ease traffic congestion of the city proper and will provide an alternate route traversing Barangays Abucay, Apitong and Caibaan,” he said.

The Department of Public Works and Highways Regional Office 2 (DPWH-2) has accomplished a total of 200 school building projects in Cagayan Valley under the 2016 Basic Educational Facilities Fund (BEFF) of the Department of Education (DepEd). The newly constructed school buildings worth ₱1.52 billion aim to address the lack of school facilities in the region following the full implementation of the K-12 program.

The Department of Public Works and Highways Regional Office 02 has completed the improvement of the Cabagan–Sta. Maria road in Sta. Maria, Isabela.

The P75.3-million project includes the pavement of 23-centimeters thick road shoulders and 1.5-meters wide added to the entire road stretch that ranges to 2553.6 meters.

Reblocking works were also conducted along the road with its carriage fully concreted to provide more convenient travel among the motorists.

The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) has completed the widening of the Bangag-Magapit road in Allacapan, Cagayan.

Undertaken by Regional Office 2, the road widening project includes the pavement of 2.53 kilometers of concrete shoulder with a width of 6.70 meters and thickness of 0.3 meters to both lanes of the road stretch.

Drainage system was also built along the road section to mitigate flooding during rainy season.

The construction of the ₱69.3-million project started in February and was completed in December 2016.

The Regional Office 2 of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) boasted 100% accomplishment on all its road projects in the province of Quirino for 2016.
The roads upgraded include the Victoria – Maddela – Alicia -Kasibu Boundary road; the NRJ Villa Sur - San Pedro - Cabua-an – Ysmael - Disimungal road, both in the municipality of Maddela; and the road sections connecting Junction Abbag - Guingin Boundary Road in the municipality of Nagtipunan.

Guardrails and chevron signs were installed to prevent vehicles from accidents.

Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Regional Office VIII OIC-Director Edgar B. Tabacon confirmed that some sub-sections of Road Heightening and Tide Embankment (RHTE) Project to commence this year.

The Department of Public Works and Highways-Cordillera Administrative Region (DPWH-CAR) was cited by the Office of the Civil Defense – CAR for its disaster response efforts during Typhoon “Lawin” in October 2016.

Last December, Department of Public Works and Highways Secretary Mark Villar ordered the construction of a footbridge after watching a video posted on Facebook by Yasmin Mangorsi which shows a young boy and his sister struggling to cross a river using a tight rope bridge in Barangay Lanipao, Iligan. The bridge is now complete.

The Department of Public Works and Highways-Cordillera Administrative Region (DPWH-CAR) was cited by the Office of the Civil Defense – CAR for its disaster response efforts during Typhoon “Lawin” in October 2016.