After six presidents, Department of Public Works and Highways Secretary Mark Villar announced that the road traversing the old Smokey Mountain area congested by informal settlers is now a high capacity highway helping offset the usual heavy volume of vehicles in major highways like EDSA and C5.

“Following the mandate of President Duterte, Filipinos will now have access to an improved and widened Radial Road 10 or R-10 which they may opt to use as alternate route to EDSA via Bonifacio Drive and Roxas Boulevard in travelling from north to south and vice versa,” Villar said.

The Southern Leyte District Engineering Office of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) will kick off the implementation of infrastructure projects early next year following the completion of some of its pre-detailed engineering activities (PDE).

According to District Engineer Ma. Margarita C. Junia, the PDE for 24 projects were already completed and are expected to be bid before the year ends.