The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Leyte 4th District Engineering Office attained an accomplishment rate of 73.84 percent in the implementation of regular infrastructure projects for 2016.

District Engineer Lino Francisco Gonzales, who said that the figure is 5.93 percent above their target accomplishment of 67 percent for January to July this year.

Out of the 63 regular projects in northwest Leyte, 51 have been completed and 11 are on-going while only one has yet to start, which is the widening of Ormoc’s Anilao Bridge worth Php60 million.

An estimated number of 1,000 senior high school students of Ponteverda National High School in Ponteverda, Capiz can now occupy the 4-storey senior high school building completed by the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Capiz First District Engineering Office (DEO).
The ₱30.379 Million worth school building is composed of 20 classrooms and is funded by the Department of Education (DepEd) under its Basic Educational Facilities Fund (BEFF).

The project addresses the shortage of classrooms brought by the full implementation of the K-12 program.

Maintenance crew of the DPWH Guimaras District Engineering Office manually clears the eroded soil along the national road in Sitio Buri, Poblacion, Jordan, Guimaras. The erosion was caused by continuous heavy rainfall occurred these past few weeks. Thus, in order to ensure that national roads are accessible to motorists, District Engineer Rolando P. Ubaldo deployed his personnel to maintain roads and clear such from obstructions.

Department of Public Works and Highways-Southern Leyte District Engineering Office (DPWH-SLDEO) hastens the improvement of saddle road in Southern Leyte – the most accident-prone road section in the region.

The 48 million road alignment concreting project includes the construction of a four-lane road from the 1.6-kilometer critical sections through the construction of slope protection works, installation of line canal and metal guardrails, and road concreting activities to allow safe transportation and prevent accidents in the area.

Department of Public Works and Highways Secretary Mark Villar is confident that the traffic situation at the domestic and international airport complex in Pasay City will change with the opening of phase 2 of the NAIA Expressway Project, which connects Macapagal Boulevard to NAIA Terminals 1 and 2.

“We are in the process of doing safety checks. With the help of DOTC, we are confident that the public would soon be able to access a key phase of the NAIA Expressway Project within the first 100 days of President Rodrigo R. Duterte,” Villar said.

Department of Public Works and Highways Secretary Mark Villar is confident that the traffic situation at the domestic and international airport complex in Pasay City will change with the opening of phase 2 of the NAIA Expressway Project, which connects Macapagal Boulevard to NAIA Terminals 1 and 2.

“We are in the process of doing safety checks. With the help of DOTC, we are confident that the public would soon be able to access a key phase of the NAIA Expressway Project within the first 100 days of President Rodrigo R. Duterte,” Villar said.

As a support to the newly-implemented K-12 program of Department of Education, DPWH - Cagayan 1st District Engineering Office recently inaugurated a two-storey classroom building at Claveria School of Arts and Trades in Claveria, Cagayan.

Cagayan 1st District Engineer Lorna Asuten was joined by DepEd District Supervisor Renato Hernandez and Claveria Municipal Mayor Cecilia Layus during the ceremony.

The Department of Public Works and Highways Northern Samar 2nd District Engineering Office (DPWH-NSSDEO) has reset its date of transfer to its new office in the second district of Northern Samar.

Baao-Iriga City-Nabua Road particularly at Rizal Street from Barangay Nicolas to Barangay Del Rosario in Baao, Camarines Sur will be closed to vehicular traffic on August 13, 22 and 23, 2016 due to activities in relation to the 426th Founding Anniversary and Town Fiesta of the Municipality of Baao, Camarines Sur.

Affected motorists and commuters going to and from Legazpi City and Naga City are advised to take San Francisco Barangay Road – DM Diversion Road.