Following the mandate of President Rodrigo Duterte to increase transparency and eliminate corruption, Department of Public Works and Highways Secretary Mark Villar is instituting reforms in the department which includes the national use of a new monitoring system with a built-in geotagging feature.
After six presidents, Department of Secretary Mark Villar announced that the road traversing the old Smokey Mountain area congested by informal settlers will soon turn into a high capacity highway helping offset the usual heavy volume of vehicles in major highways like EDSA and C5.
“Filipinos will soon have access to an improved and widened Radial Road 10 or R-10 which they may opt to use as alternate route to EDSA via Bonifacio Drive and Roxas Boulevard in travelling from north to south and vice versa,” Villar said.
Assistant Regional Director Virgilio C. Eduarte of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Region VIII formally took her oath of office as full-pledged Assistant Regional Director before DPWH Secretary Mark A. Villar.
DPWH Secretary Mark A. Villar checks the plan at the Times Beach Section for the P34.5-B Davao City Coastal Road scheduled to be implemented in 2017. With Secretary Villar are Senior Undersecretary Rafael C. Yabut (2nd from left), Regional Director Allan S. Borromeo (1st from right), Region XI Planning and Design Division Chief Teofila U. Tan and Construction Division Chief Elias P. Bermejo.
DPWH Regional Office X hosted the training course on Flood Control Planning and Design with Project Impact Analysis (PIA) last November 14-18.
Participants include Civil Engineers from the Regional Office and from the District Offices under the Planning and Design Division and some invited engineers from DPWH Regional Office XI.
The City of Golden Friendship, Cagayan de Oro, is one of the choices for ASEAN Summit other than Davao City this upcoming February 2017 – the third time that PH will host the event following 1987 and 2007.
DPWH Regional Office X is now undergoing rigorous preparations for the milestone event.
Two District Engineering Offices (DEOs) – Misamis Oriental 2nd DEO and Cagayan de Oro 1st DEO were already instructed to ensure the stability, cleanliness and safety of roads for the ASEAN delegates.
One of the most critical bridges for the development of Agusan del Sur has been improved and widened by the Department of Public Works and Highways.
A total of P219.8 million was allocated by the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) for the additional two (2) lanes of Wawa Bridge, located along Daang Maharlika in Bayugan City.
One of the most critical bridges for the development of Agusan del Sur has been improved and widened by the Department of Public Works and Highways.
A total of P219.8 million was allocated by the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) for the additional two (2) lanes of Wawa Bridge, located along Daang Maharlika in Bayugan City.
The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) has recently upgraded a circumferential road in Surigao del Norte that will increase the growing popularity of one of the province’s sanctuaries of aquatic animals and marine resources.
With an allocation of P144-million, DPWH has improved a total of 5.8 kilometers of road linking three barangays of Surigao del Norte’s Mainit town. This gives local and international tourists a smoother access to Lake Mainit, the fourth largest lake in the Philippines.
Residents in the northern part of Iloilo province as well as neighboring provinces of Aklan and Capiz will have a better medical facility with the proposed construction of additional building at the Iloilo Provincial Hospital.
The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH), Iloilo 2nd District Engineering Office will be undertaking the construction of a 2-Storey building within the premises of Iloilo Provincial Hospital in Pototan, Iloilo.