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Department of Public Works and Highways Secretary and Isolation Czar Mark A. Villar announced that the mega quarantine facility to service CALABARZON area is expected to be completed by mid November 2020 in Calamba City, Laguna.

“The organized DPWH Task Force to Facilitate Augmentation of Local and National Health Facilities together with Regional Office 4A is currently fast tracking the conversion of CALABARZON Regional Government Center into COVID-19 quarantine facility”, said Secretary Villar.

Public Works and Highways Secretary Mark A. Villar declared that by 2022, Zamboangeños will no longer have to bear with the congested roads in Zamboanga City.

Secretary Villar made the announcement, citing the ongoing 17.21-kilometer Zamboanga City Diversion Road Project being implemented to provide an alternate road to Pagadian City-Zamboanga City Road - an established priority corridor located in Zamboanga City.

The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) is now set implement the third and final contract to complete a 1.76-kilometer bypass road project in the city of Bais, Negros Oriental.

According to DPWH Secretary Mark A. Villar, Phase 2 of the ongoing 4-lane Bais Bypass Road Project was recently completed which makes 1.157-kilometer portion of the bypass road already serviceable from before Aglipay Street up to Quezon Street.

To ensure that project implemented in the district conforms to its plans and program of works, the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) – Leyte Second District Engineering Office, district engineer Leo Edward Oppura conducted on-site visit of completed projects.

Among these projects were the recently completed Manloy river flood control and the road concreting in Brgy. Tigbao both in Carigara, Leyte.