DPWH: District of ZamboSur national highways will all be completed on 2016

By Jong Cadion

DPWH-ZamboSur 1st District

PAGADIAN City, ZamboSur (January 20, 2014 Frontline NEWS) – The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) First Engineering District in Zamboanga del Sur is set to complete the concreting of more than 60 kilometers out of more than 240 kilometers non-pave national highways on 2016.

More than 60 kilometers out of more than 240 kilometers of national highway in the First Congressional District of Zamboanga del Sur were non-pave. These will soon be completed on 2016 as planned or programmed by DPWH, First Engineering District head Engr. Reynerio P. Alcachupas said.

These non-pave roads and are mostly newly converted into secondary national highways from provincial road, Engr. Alcachupas said.

These secondary national highway was started last year and that will soon be completed on 2016 is the portion Dumingag, Zamboanga del Sur that will connect to Siayan, Zamboanga del Norte.

While the portion from Josefina, Zamboanga del Sur that will connect to Zamboanga del Norte will be completed on the first quarter of this year.

Another secondary road is the ongoing concreting of Ramon Magsaysay going to Midsalip of this province that was started on 2010 and will also be completed soon on 2016.

Also to be continued implementation of concreting is the non-pave old national highways from Tukuran to Aurora and from Aurora toward the Switch Ramon Magasaysay. These two portions had already started last 2011 and soon are completed on 2015, Engr. Alcachupas said.

The widening of national highway along Bulatoc District going to the Airport intersection in Brgy Tiguma will also be completed this year, Engr. Alcachupas said.

Included in the project for this year is the widening of Barangay Balangasan Bridge in Pagadian City in the amount of 25 million pesos Balangasan Bridge. The bridge will be widened by one lane both sides, Engr. Alcachupas added.

The DPWH allocated this year a total of P775 million is under the regular budget intended for the continuation of some project implemented last year and other projects to be implemented for this year 2014, First Engineering District head said.                                   

The P365 million out of P775 million will be implemented by the DPWH regional office and the remaining P410 million will be under taken by the First Engineering District Office, Engineer Alcachupas explained.