DPHW allocates Php16.9-M to widen bridge in Pagadian City

PAGADIAN CITY, Zamboanga del Sur, Dec. 18 (PNA) -– The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) has approved the allocation of Php16.9 million to widen the bridge in Barangay Balangasan, this city.

Eng’r. Reynerio Alcachupas, DPWH’s first engineering district head, said Thursday the works to widen the bridge in Balangasan have already started and is expected to be completed by May 2015.

Alcachupas said the widening of the bridge is in preparation for the widening of the Zamboanga-Pagadian highway.

He said the Balangasan bridge will be widened by 15 meters.

The DPWH official appealed for the indulgence of the public for the inconvenience, which is temporary in nature, as the widening works is expected to affect the flow of traffic. (PNA)
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