Five (5) flood mitigation projects are being undertaken by the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) in Pilar, Bataan.
DPWH Bataan 2nd Assistant District Engineer (ADE) Ma. Janet Nero said that three (3) of the five (5) projects are directly handled by their office while the remaining two (2) are under a Memorandum of Agreement with the Local Government but remains under the DPWH supervision.
“We did not issue any dredging permit to any entity or contractor for the offshore dredging activities in Ilocos Sur. Issuance of offshore dredging or mining permits is not within the mandate of the Department of Public Works and Highways,” said DPWH Secretary Rogelio L. Singson.
Secretary Singson has issued this clarification due to reports that DPWH allegedly has issued dredging permits to the thirteen (13) sea vessels doing offshore dredging or mining activities in the vicinity of Puro, Caoayan, Ilocos Sur.
The DPWH First Metro Manila District Engineering Office undertakes the widening of Libingan ng mga Bayani Road in Taguig City, probably the only and the last remaining national road in Metro Manila which was recently rehabilitated from its original two (2) lane asphalt road into a four (4) lane PCCP road. When completed, this 1.12 kilometer long road rehabilitation project will boast of its four (4) lane 300 mm. thick PCCP roadway, with brick finished reinforced concrete island divider and state of the art LED Street Lighting System.
To support the flood fighting activity of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH), eight (8) new mobile drainage pumps were handed-over to the Government of the Philippines by the Government of Japan under the Grant Aid Program for the Project for the Improvement of Equipment for Disaster Risk Management in the Philippines. Mounted on each truck are Japan manufactured mobile drainage pump capable of draining water ten (10) times more than ordinary fire engine, built-in standby generator set, hose and other accessories.
The Bank Improvement/Slope Protection along Makati-Pateros River, District II, Makati City, was undertaken to protect the existing dike and facilitate easy access in the cleaning of the river.
With a contract amount of ₱15,894,124.40, the project was implemented by DPWH Metro Manila II District Engineering Office (MMIDEO).
Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Secretary Rogelio L. Singson receives from Japanese Ambassador to the Philippines Toshinao Urabe on Wednesday (July 9, 2014) eight (8) new mobile drainage pumps provided by the Government of Japan through the Grant Aid Program for the Project for the Improvement of Equipment for Disaster Risk Management in the Philippines.
The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) is set to plant 772,900 trees to replace some 7,729 trees affected by the on-going 222-kilometer Samar Road Rehabilitation Project under the United States - Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) Grant Secondary National Roads Development Program.
The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) is set to plant 772,900 trees to replace some 7,729 trees affected by the on-going 222-kilometer Samar Road Rehabilitation Project under the United States - Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) Grant Secondary National Roads Development Program.
The Department of Public Works and Highways has completed the construction of 440.14 kilometers of Farm-to-Market Roads (FMRs) costing P2.36 billion.
Under the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) Agrarian Reform Infrastructure Support Project Phase 3 (ARISP-III), DPWH implemented the construction of 126 FMR projects that aim to benefit hundreds of agricultural communities from across the country.
ARAYAT, PAMPANGA— Thousands of Kapampangan residents will rest unstirred in the coming rainy season after the completion of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) rehabilitation project of the breached dike of the Apalit-Arayat along Brgy Cupang here.
This P124-million rehabilitation project included slope protection set back levee with steel sheet piles.
The flood control project was funded by DPWH and the civil works were given to L.R. Tiqui Construction.