Tom: City is helping fix Trans-central Highway
Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña yesterday said that the city government has been helping in fixing the damaged portions of the
Osmeña said the highway is already not the jurisdiction of the city but of the Department of Public Works and Highways, although the road traverses the city’s mountain barangays.
At present, the City Hall is busy fixing damaged roads in Pung-ol Sibugay, Sinsin, and other barangays in the upland areas that are also affected by the landslides, the mayor said. He clarified, however, that these are not part of the
During his press conference, Osmeña admitted that the highway, which was the project of his cousin and former Cebu Governor Lito Osmeña, passes through a relatively unstable area.
“But what is so unusual and beneficial to that road is that it crosses no river or bridge,” the mayor said.
The 32.5-kilometer highway passes on the mountains between
Its construction started at the time of former Gov. Osmeña and was opened to the public in 2000 after about 10 years of work.
But damages on the portions of the road were noticed recently, bringing up questions whether the highway is still safe for passing vehicles.
Businessman Roberto Aboitiz has requested the DPWH last March 13 to immediately undertake repairs of the road before its conditions get worse.
Aboitiz complained that many sections of the
Mayor Osmeña said the DPWH is the one that doing maintenance of the highway because it is a national road.
He said the agency should not merely repair and restore what are damaged but should make adjustments to prevent it from being damaged again.
The mayor said that the road should be asphalted because concrete is very inflexible. - Wenna A. Berondo/LPM
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