The Department of Public Works and Highways is not demanding its contractors, consultants and suppliers to provide monetary or material donations for a relief project in Maguindanao.

Secretary Rogelio L. Singson has received information that certain unscrupulous individuals posing as Undersecretary Alfredo G. Tolentino is calling and pressuring corporate heads of construction firms to contribute to the alleged joint relief operation of DPWH, Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), and the Armed Forces of the Philippines.

Dubbed as the great wall of Batac because of its slant or incline road similar to those of the Great Walls of China, the Department of Public Works and Highways Region 1 has almost completed rehabilitation/reconstruction activities at the Batac-Pinili via Maipalig Road in Batac City, Ilocos Norte.

Started April 2015, Project Engineer Angelito A. Dian reported to Regional Director Melanio C. Briosos the progress of works at 95% complete as of September 2015.

Twenty-nine (29) road sections are closed to traffic, eight (8) in CAR, seven (7) in Region II and fourteen (14) in Region III due to Typhoon “Lando”.

Per monitoring report as of 6 AM of October 19, 2015 to Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Secretary Rogelio L. Singson, Kennon Road was ordered closed to traffic due to falling debris/landslides.

Contractors, consultants and suppliers of the Department of Public Works and Highways are being warned anew against modus operandi by unscrupulous individuals dropping the name of top Department officials soliciting financial assistance purportedly for Medical Mission and other charitable activities.

Motorists are advised to avoid Epifanio delos Santos Avenue (EDSA) South bound direction between Estrella Street to Buendia Avenue due to asphalt overlaying activities of DPWH Metro Manila Second District Engineering Office on October 16, 2015 (Friday) to October 19, 2015 (Monday). Works will be done only between 11 PM of the particular day and ends at 5 AM of the next day.

Motorists are advised to avoid Epifanio delos Santos Avenue (EDSA) South bound direction between Estrella Street to Buendia Avenue due to asphalt overlaying activities of DPWH Metro Manila Second District Engineering Office on October 16, 2015 (Friday) to October 19, 2015 (Monday). Works will be done only between 11 PM of the particular day and ends at 5 AM of the next day.

The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) is currently working on a road that would route traffic away from the narrow and crowded Daang Maharlika or Manila South Road in the proper town of Sariaya, Quezon Province.

“Motorists going in and out of Southern Luzon and Bicol Region will have an alternative road by 2017 as our workers are already laying the 7-kilometer Sariaya Bypass Road which will handle traffic plying between Sariaya and Lucena City, effectively easing traffic congestion along Daang Maharlika,” said DPWH Secretary Rogelio L. Singson.

The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) is currently working on a road that would route traffic away from the narrow and crowded Daang Maharlika or Manila South Road in the proper town of Sariaya, Quezon Province.

“Motorists going in and out of Southern Luzon and Bicol Region will have an alternative road by 2017 as our workers are already laying the 7-kilometer Sariaya Bypass Road which will handle traffic plying between Sariaya and Lucena City, effectively easing traffic congestion along Daang Maharlika,” said DPWH Secretary Rogelio L. Singson.

Motorists are advised to avoid Epifanio delos Santos Avenue (EDSA) South bound direction between Estrella Street to Buendia Avenue, Makati City due to asphalt overlaying activities of DPWH Metro Manila Second District Engineering Office on October 9, 2015 (Friday) to October 12, 2015 (Monday). Works will be done only between 11 PM of the particular day and ends at 5 AM of the next day. Please take other alternative route.

Motorists are advised to avoid Epifanio delos Santos Avenue (EDSA) South bound direction between Estrella Street to Buendia Avenue, Makati City due to asphalt overlaying activities of DPWH Metro Manila Second District Engineering Office on October 9, 2015 (Friday) to October 12, 2015 (Monday). Works will be done only between 11 PM of the particular day and ends at 5 AM of the next day. Please take other alternative route.