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The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) is preparing to turn-over additional hospital facilities for patients' treatment especially with the reported more transmissible Delta variant of the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19).

DPWH Secretary and Chief Isolation Czar Mark A. Villar said that additional hospital beds will soon be available with the construction of modular health facilities that will manage a possible surge of Covid-19 patients considered severe and critical conditions that will require hospitalization.

The completion by the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) of a new slope protection structure at portion of Tagudin-Cervantes Road in the Municipality of Suyo, Ilocos Sur will facilitate safer travels for motorists.

Based on a report from DPWH Region 1 Director Ronnel M. Tan, DPWH Secretary Mark A. Villar announced that the 85-meter shotcrete-sprayed concrete at the landslide-prone road section in Barangay Man-Atong provides protection for travelers.

The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH), in convergence with the Department of Tourism (DOT), recently improved a road that now facilitates better access to a tourist destination in Barangay Talic, Oroqueita City, Misamis Occidental.

Secretary Mark A. Villad identified the project as the newly paved road leading to Libatamaa Dam which showcases the clear and cool water of Layawan River.

Layawan River is considered as one the Cleanest Inland Body of Water in the Philippines.

After decades of muddy road, a project recently completed by the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) now ensures safe and convenient travel for locals and tourists to a famous diving spot in Masbate.

Secretary Mark A. Villar said that the project by DPWH Masbate 1st District Engineering Office involves the concreting of a two-lane junction national road to Sitio Tacdugan in Barangay Baahanglad, San Jacinto, Masbate.