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Residents and coconut farmers reap the benefits from the completion of a new access road paved by the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) in the municipality of Batan, Aklan

According to DPWH Region 6 Director Nerie D. Bueno, the project involved the concreting of a 2.41-kilometer portland concrete cement pavement (PCCP) road with structural concrete drainage to provide quick, safe, and efficient travel to advance the town’s coconut products to the market.

In a bid to mitigate flooding and protect lives and properties, the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) has rehabilitated an 8-meter high revetment wall along the riverbanks of Amburayan River in Sudipen, La Union.

According to DPWH Region 1 Director Ronnel M. Tan, the rehabilitation of concrete structure spanning 260-meters in Barangay Porporiket aims to lessen flooding problems and protect agricultural lands.

The flood mitigation structure is expected to block the overflow of Amburayan River during rainy and typhoon season.

The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) will soon complete the widening of (2) vital bridges along Daang Maharlika Surigao – Agusan Section, namely Bangonay Bridge in Jabonga, Agusan del Norte and Magtiaco Bridge in Alegria, Surigao Del Norte.

In a report to DPWH Secretary Manuel M. Bonoan, DPWH Region 13 Director Pol M. Delos Santos said that widening from two (2) lanes to four (4) lanes through the construction of parallel bridges will ensure more volume of vehicles to accommodate this section of Daang Maharlika.

Locals and tourists will now have easier access to new water falls destinations in the province of Quirino with the concrete paving of the first 2.08-kilometer road project under the convergence program of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) and Department of Tourism (DOT).