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The Department of Public Works and Highways aims to complete and open the other half of the work for the BGC-Ortigas Center Link Road Project toward the end of this third quarter.

Secretary Mark A. Villar said that since the bridge component of new Sta Monica-Lawton Bridge now known as Kalayaan Bridge was opened on June 12 connecting the cities of Makati, Pasig, and Mandaluyong, DPWH has continued working the viaduct segment across Kalayaan Avenue, Makati City towards Bonifacio Global City’s 8th Avenue.

A newly-constructed 5-kilometer diversion road traversing Rosales, Pangasinan will soon be serving motorists going other parts of eastern Pangasinan, Nueva Ecija, and Nueva Viscaya.

Public Works and Highways Secretary Mark A. Villar inspected on Friday, July 30, 2021 the project dubbed Carmen East-West Diversion Road including the overpass across the Tarlac-Pangasinan-La Union Expressway (TPLEX).

Tourists and local community are now benefiting from the recently-completed access road leading to Fatima Hills, among the most visited places listed as religious center in the town of Macrohon, Southern Leyte Province.

Public Works and Highways Secretary Mark A. Villar said that the previously dusty and bumpy 595-linear meter road was converted into a two-lane concrete paved road with line canal and slope protection.

The project, which is part of the convergence program of DPWH and the Department of Tourism (DOT), is expected to facilitate local community development.

President Rodrigo Roa Duterte inaugurated on Thursday, July 29, 2021 the Estrella - Pantaleon Bridge, a modern bridge that will connect the cities of Mandaluyong and Makati within five (5) minutes.

The President was joined by Chinese Ambassador to the Philippines Huang Xilian, Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Secretary Mark A. Villar, Senator Christopher Lawrence Bong Go, and Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea in the symbolic unveiling of bridge marker at Rockwell, Makati City.