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DPWH-NCR to Close a Portion of Bonifacio Drive for Drainage Pipe Installation

Three (3) southbound lanes of Bonifacio Drive in Manila will be closed to traffic due to road works.

Department of Public Works and Highways – National Capital Region (DPWH-NCR) Regional Director Melvin B. Navarro said that the three lanes from center island of Bonifacio Drive corner P. Burgos Street southbound will be closed to traffic from 1PM of Satuday, May 6, 2017 due to the installation of new drainage pipes with road reblocking.

DPWH Southern Leyte Joins Brigada Eskwela

The Department of Public Works and Highways Southern Leyte District Engineering Office (DPWH-SLDEO) joined the Department of Education (DepEd) in their Brigada Eskwela by stepping up efforts to prepare classrooms, school grounds, and roads for the new academic year.

District Engineer Ma. Margarita C. Junia ordered about half of SLDEOs maintenance workers to participate in the weeklong school preparation activities, heeding requests of the DepEd, by cleaning school grounds and repainting classrooms.

Second Leyte District Engineering Office Reports 31% Accomplishment Midway Into 2016

The Second Leyte Engineering District (2nd LED) of the Department of Public Works and Highways posted more than 31% of accomplished projects programmed and budgeted for 2016.

Of the 68 total number of infrastructure projects being undertaken in the second district, 17 have already been completed while 32 are still ongoing.

There remain 18 projects which have yet to be started. These include the Php-48 million completion of the remaining parts of the Burauen-Albuera Road and the Php 23.4 million Pinamitinan Bridge in Pinamopoan, Capoocan, Leyte.

Weekend Repair of 3 Roads in Quezon City

The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) will undertake reblocking and repair at Quezon City’s three (3) major roads of Commonwealth, Mindanao and Congressional Avenues beginning 10 PM Friday, May 27, 2016.

In an advisory by the DPWH National Capital Region, motorists will experience lane reduction with the repair of 2nd lane from island along southbound direction of Commonwealth Avenue between Commonwealth Market to West Riverside overpass.

Weekend Repair of 3 Roads in Quezon City

The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) will undertake reblocking and repair at Quezon City’s three (3) major roads of Commonwealth, Mindanao and Congressional Avenues beginning 10 PM Friday, May 27, 2016.

In an advisory by the DPWH National Capital Region, motorists will experience lane reduction with the repair of 2nd lane from island along southbound direction of Commonwealth Avenue between Commonwealth Market to West Riverside overpass.

Millennium Road Closing Event

The Provinces of Western and Eastern Samar is now connected by a 222-kilometer all weather concrete paved road with 62 permanent bridges traversing a total of 15 municipalities made possible through a grant given by the people of the United States of America to the Philippines through the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) under the terms of a compact signed between the two (2) countries in 2010. In photo with (seated center) U.S. Ambassador to the Philippines Philip Goldberg during the closing ceremony in Borongan City are DPWH Undersecretary Emil K.

Substantial School Bldg Projects Accomplishments Eyed

The Department of Public Works and Highways Southern Leyte District Engineering Office (DPWH-SLDEO) is eyeing a substantial accomplishment in their school building construction in time for the opening of new academic year on June 13, 2016.

Out of 53 school building projects in different sites in the province, 13 have been completed and 37 are still ongoing as of this week.

Four projects have been suspended due to redesign of foundation up for review by the Bureau of Design. Before, it failed the soil bearing capacity test conducted.

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