DPWH proposes P742M for Cebu projects

CEBU, Philippines - The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) - 7 has allocated over P742 million for 272 infrastructure projects scattered all over the towns and cities in Cebu province.

The amount, however, still needs the approval of the House of Representatives, said DPWH-7 Director Ador Canlas.

“We allocated the amount but everything still depends on the approval of Congress,” Canlas told The Freeman yesterday.

The P742 million is part of the 2014 budget for the public works department that is still being deliberated on by the House of Representatives.

DPWH data shows that as of July 31, 2013, majority of the infrastructure projects are school buildings amounting to some P100 million. These school buildings are to be constructed in the cities of Cebu, Mandaue, Danao, Carcar, Lapu-Lapu, Talisay, Bogo, Toledo and Naga.

School buildings will also be constructed in the towns of Pilar, Carmen, San Fernando, Sibonga, Samboan, Dalaguete, Asturias, Argao, Barili, Moalboal, Malabuyoc, Alcoy, Dumanjug, Boljoon, Oslob and Alegria.

Of the 273 proposed projects, DPWH-7 proposed an allocation of P318,590,000 for concreting of the Cebu South Coastal Road.

Part of the amount or P74,438,000 will be for the Cebu North Hagnaya Wharf Road (CNHWR) which is divided into three sections. Another P21 million will be for the improvement of drainage structure of CNHWR in Mandaue City.

The Cebu north road is 109.45 kilometers long, traversing the main coastal highway along the northeastern part of Cebu and serving the cities of Cebu, Mandaue, Danao and Bogo and the municipalities of Consolacion, Lilo-an, Compostela, Carmen, Catmon, Sogod, Borbon, Tabogon and San Remigio.

DPWH-7 also allocates P150 million for the road right of way and widening and concreting of Governor Cuenco Avenue (from Mahiga bridge to Cabancalan, Quezon St.) in Cebu City.

P50 million is also allocated for the improvement of drainage along the Mactan Circumferential Road in the town of Cordova.

The replacement or reconstruction of two bridges in the north - the Maraat Bridge in Victoria, San Remigio and the Dayhagon Bridge in Medellin have an allocation of P21.4 million and P23.6 million, respectively. — /JPM (FREEMAN)