As of 6:00 AM Thursday, June 3, 2012, the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) estimates at least P268.52 Million damage of Tropical Storm Dante in national roads and flood-control structures.
Public Works and Highways Secretary Mark A. Villar said that 270 equipment assets and 1,569 workers were deployed for the on-going clearing activities.
In Region 7 alone, partial cost of damage is at P106.2 Million from P95 Million damaged roads and P11.2 Million damaged flood-control structures while in Region 12, partial cost of damage to infrastructure has reached P162.32 Million from flood-control structures.
According to Secretary Villar, DPWH is still clearing three (3) impassable national road sections identified in Cebu, Eastern Samar, and Agusan del Sur Provinces.
In Cebu, affected section is the Dalaguete-Mantalongon-Badian Road, in Brgy. Ablayan, Dalaguete, Cebu which is still flooded. DPWH has installed warning signs and will conduct clearing operation once the water has subsided.
DPWH Quick Response Team also closed the Wright-Taft-Borongan Road, K0861+(-439) - K0890+176, Camp.5 Bndry-Jct. Taft at Brgy. Binaloan, Taft, Eastern Samar for possible occurrence of landslide.
Butuan City-Talacogon-Loreto-Veruela-Sta. Josefa Road is also impassable, specifically the Adgawan Bridge in La Paz, Agusan del Sur due to embanked soil collapse on bridge approach. Motorists may use the parallel bridge as an alternative route while the bridge is still being repaired.