Consistent with its role to provide quality road infrastructure, the Department of Public Works and Highways accomplished 1,321 projects under the 2021 Regular Infrastructure Program in Region 3.
In his report to DPWH Secretary Roger G. Mercado, DPWH Region 3 Director Roseller Tolentino said that Central Luzon Region with 14 District Engineering Offices (DEOs) has completed and rehabilitated 98.68-kilometers of road amounting to P2.68 billion; 22.3-kilometers of asphalt overlay project amounting P244 million; and rehabilitated 20 bridges costing P428 million.
Also completed in 2021 are 19,507 lineal meters of drainage, 43,985 square meters of road with slips slope, and 41,469 square meters of road slope protection structure.
“We congratulate the hardworking officials, employees, and construction workers of DPWH Regional Office 3 and the DEOs who tirelessly worked on ground in spite of the pandemic for this accomplishment wouldn’t be possible without them,” said Secretary Mercado.
DPWH also implemented projects of non-infrastructure agencies such as 55.11-kilometers of farm to market roads in convergence with the Department of Agriculture; 70 school buildings funded by the Department of Education under the Basic Educational Facilities Fund (BEFF); 12 infrastructure facilities under the Tatag ng Imprastraktura para sa Kapayapaan at Seguridad (TIKAS) Program with the Department of National Defese (DND), public markets funded by the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) and 12 COVID-19 temporary treatment and monitoring facilities.
“We are fast-tracking the completion of 297 ongoing projects under the 2021 General Appropriations Act (GAA) and start the 222 remaining projects to improve mobility and provide better access to services to the people,” added Director Tolentino.