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The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) has completed three (3) new dome-type multipurpose building projects in the City of Valenzuela.

DPWH National Capital Region Director Melvin B. Navarro said the newly-constructed buildings at Barangay Bignay, Disiplina Village; Barangay Arkong Bato; and at Barangay Lawang Bato Phase can now serve as recreational areas for sport activity, and venues for livelihood seminars, feeding program, medical and dental missions, and other activities.

Residents of Barangay La Paz, District 1, Makati City will no longer have to bear with high level of floodwater in their area with the newly-completed road and flood-control upgrading project of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH).

DPWH National Capital Region Director Melvin B. Navarro said a bigger-capacity drainage will help mitigate flooding along the low-lying Kamagong Street and its vicinity at Barangay La Paz especially during the rainy season.

The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) has completed the Phase 1 of the iconic convention center project for Ilocos Region.

DPWH Region 1 Director Ronnel M. Tan said the convention center will be a 3-storey multipurpose building in a 2,000-square meter lot in San Fernando, La Union.

“This first convention center in the region will have a unique architectural and aesthetic design inspired by La Union province’s famous surfing destination,” added Director Tan.

The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) and the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) joined forces this week in an effort to speed up removal of obstructions, particularly muds along national roads in the province of Leyte.

Engineer Lino Francisco C. Gonzales of DPWH Leyte Fourth District Engineering Office said with the help of BFP, DPWH Maintenance team was able to clean the Palo-Carigara-Ormoc Road which has acquired muds due to the weather condition and the transport of sugarcane during its harvest season.