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Residents of various local communities in the towns of Sta. Barbara, Leon, and Alimodian in central Iloilo now have a better venue for sports and socio-civic activities with multi-purpose buildings constructed by the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH).

Complete with necessary amenities, the new covered gyms were built in barangays Camambugan, Balibagan Eoste, and Agusipan in Sta. Barbara; Cuyad and Ulay Bugang in Alimodian; and Isian Victoria, Barasan, Coyugan Sur, and Nagbangi in Leon.

The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) has built a flood control structure along the Malupa-Dian-Aguang River that now protects nearby coconut plantations in Baler, Aurora.

DPWH Secretary Manuel M. Bonoan, citing a report from DPWH Regional Office 3 Director Roseller A. Tolentino, said that the DPWH Aurora District Engineering Office (DEO) completed a 746-meter riverwall along the section of Malupa-Dian-Aguang River in Barangay Reserva in Baler town.

The expressway project in Central Luzon at the connection of Subic-Clark-Tarlac Expressway (SCTEX)/Tarlac-Pangasinan-La Union Expressway (TPLEX) in Tarlac City, Tarlac is targetted by the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) to be operational up to San Juan, Aliaga, Nueva Ecija toward the first half of 2023.

Construction work to widen from two (2) to four (4) lanes the Arterial (Plaridel) Bypass Road linking North Luzon Expressway (NLEX) and Philippine-Japan Friendship Highway or Daang Maharlika in the Province of Bulacan is moving ahead swiftly.

Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Senior Undersecretary Emil K. Sadain said that the road widening project aims to account for increased traffic and make travel at the 22.46-kilometer Arterial (Plaridel) Bypass Road more efficient.