The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) announced that construction of the Nalil-Sikkiat Bridge No. 1 in Tawi-Tawi Province is now 96 percent complete and is scheduled to open by July 2025.

The 541-meter bridge, part of the Asian Development Bank (ADB)-assisted Improving Growth Corridors in Mindanao Road Sector Project (IGCMRSP), aims to connect Bongao Island to Sanga-Sanga Island. It is one (1) of three (3) major bridges in Tawi-Tawi supporting the President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. administration’s “Build Better More” program.