Samar I receives
P5.4 billion allocations for 2018
By
MAE ANGELICA R. COMOTA
February 26, 2018
CALBAYOG CITY – The
Department of Public Works and Highways Samar First District
Engineering Office will implement 146 regular infrastructure
projects worth P5.4 billion for 2018. This year’s allocation is
significantly higher to last year’s 59 projects worth P2.8 billion.
The seventy-five (75)
projects under Batch 1 and seventy-one (71) projects under Batch 2
will focus on the rehabilitation/ reconstruction of slips, slope
collapse, and landslide along Daang Maharlika and Calbayog-Catarman
Road, widening of major bridges, construction/ rehabilitation of
flood control structures, construction of multi-purpose buildings as
well as the construction/ rehabilitation of new and existing
secondary roads within the District.
Among the district’s
big-ticket projects is the construction of the Calbayog Coastal
Diversion Road costing P300 million which already started breaking
ground last February 24, 2018.
“The increased budget also
means that a higher responsibility is conferred to Samar I in
maintaining project quality. The office will ensure that such
quality is not compromised through close project monitoring and
improved relations with our contractors,” said District Engineer
Alvin Ignacio.
