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The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) is paving a local road to support coffee, coconut and palm-oil growers in Tagbina, Surigao del Sur.

In his report to DPWH Secretary Roger G. Mercado, Regional Office 13 Director Pol M. delos Santos said that a total of 12.48 kilometers road will be concreted with provisions of drainage, slope protection structures and road safety devices from Barangay Poblacion, in the junction of Surigao-Davao Coastal Road inward to Sitio Mabuhay, Barangay Kahayagan and traversing barangays Magsaysay, Osmeña and Villaverde.

The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) is currently working on a bypass road project aimed to connect the municipalities of Sto. Tomas, Guagua, Minalin, Sasmuan, and Lubao in the Province of Pampanga.

DPWH Secretary Roger G. Mercado said that the road project, known as the Pampanga Southern Bypass Road Project, is a multi-year endeavor by the DPWH Regional Office 3 to address the perennial traffic congestion on Pampanga’s major roads including Manila North Road and Jose Abad Santos Avenue.

Two (2) flagship road projects of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) in Zamboanga Peninsula are nearly finished, facilitating economic growth for residents and acting as a ‘bridge for peace’.

DPWH Acting Secretary Roger G. Mercado together with Undersecretaries Emil K. Sadain and Eugenio R. Pipo Jr. inspected on June 1-2, 2022 the 23.73 kilometers Alicia-Malangas Road in Zamboanga Sibugay and 15.35 kilometers Tampilisan-Sandayong Road in Zamboanga del Norte.

After years of planning and preparation, the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) has officially launched the construction of two (2) bridges aim to provide a direct route between the existing major growth center of Bongao, Tawi-Tawi Province with Sanga-Sanga Island and future growth center in Panglima Sugala.