President Rodrigo Roa Duterte on Thursday, March 17, 2022 led the inauguration of the 6.405-kilometer Tacloban City Bypass Road Project completed by the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) in the Province of Leyte.
The President was joined in the project inauguration by Senator Christopher Lawrence “Bong” Go, DPWH Secretary Roger G. Mercado, Presidential Assistant for the Visayas Secretary Michael Lloyd Dino, House Majority Floor Leader and Leyte 1st District Representative Ferdinand Martin G. Romualdez, and Tacloban City Mayor Alfred S. Romualdez.
Also present in the ceremonial inauguration are DPWH Senior Undersecretary Rafael C. Yabut, Assistant Secretary Wilfredo S. Mallari, Assistant Secretary Rolito D. Manalo, Regional Director Allan S. Borromeo, Assistant Regional Director David P. Adongay, Jr. and other DPWH Region 8 officials and local government chief executives.
“We are proud of the successful completion of the Tacloban City Bypass Road, a significant project under the President Duterte administration’s Build Build Build Program”, said Secretary Mercado.
The Tacloban City Bypass Road is a 6.405-kilometer bypass road along Daang Maharlika connecting Barangays Nula-Tula and Caibaan to improve road network efficiency, enhance travel experience and facilitate access to Tacloban City.
The constructed bypass road has four (4) lanes and portion with six (6) lanes concrete pavement with drainage and slope protection structures.
“With few months left in his term, we added another built road in the lasting legacy of President Duterte for the Filipino people and for the travelling public”, Secretary Mercado added.
The project has helped decongest traffic along Daang Maharlika and improve the accessibility of road network, increase development potentials, and reduce travel time from one a half hour (1 hr 30 mins) to just 30 minutes, benefitting at least a thousand motorists per day.