DPWH tto build P178,451,000 projects in Mountain Province

By Pamela F. Dungala

BONTOC, Mountain Province– The district engineering office here is set to implement 15 infrastructure projects amounting to P178,451,000 as programmed in the  General Appropriations Act for Fiscal year 2013.

District Engineer Wilbur B. Likigan bared this saying while the district has been allotted P842,101,000 for 18 infrastructure projects, the district will only be implementing 15 projects amounting to P178,451,000.00 with individual project costs up to P50 million which are within the district’s limits of authority.

The regional DPWH office will be implementing the rest of the appropriation, said assistant District Engineer  Charles C. Sokoken.

 “The increase of allotment for the Mountain Province District Engineering Office is in line with the thrust of the department to fully pave arterial roads and secondary roads by 2014 and 2016, respectively, as well as the upgrading of bridges to permanent structure before the end of the Aquino administration,” Likigan said.

 Infrastructure projects for this district engineering office include preventive maintenance project along Mountain Province-Nueva Vizcaya Road and rehabilitation along Mt. Data Access Road and sections along Dantay-Sagada Road with a total cost of P32,871,000.

These projects were bid out at the DPWH regional office on Dec. 27, 2012.

 Bulk of the district’s allotment goes to road upgrading works along Mt. Province-Cagayan via TabukEnrile Road with an amount of P9,000,000.00, Mountain Province-Ifugao Road (Kiling-Paracelis Section) with P50M allotment and Dantay-Sagada Road amounting to P33,480,000.00. P12,150,000.00 is also allotted for the replacement/ strengthening of permanent bridges which include Dawaic Bridge, Kapayawan Bridge and Tadian Bridge, all along Mountain Province-Ilocos Sur via Tue Road while P40,950,000.00 is allotted for the replacement (temporary to permanent) of bridges which include Charoya, Lunas, Macachay and Macassab bridges along Jct. Talubin-Barlig-Natonin-Paracelis-Calaccad Road and Malanas and Gawa Bridges along Mountain Province-Cagayan via Tabuk-Enrile Road.

 Meanwhile, the DPWH regional office will be implementing three projects in Mountain Province having more than P50 million allotment which are upgrading along Mt. Province-Ilocos Sur via Tue Road amounting to P127,740,000.00 and Jct. Talubin-Barlig-Natonin-Paracelis-Calaccad Road with an allotment of P439,910,000.00 and the Sabangan-Sagada Road amounting to P100,000.00 which is under the DPWH-DOT Convergence Program.

 At the same time, small-scale projects on roads, highways and bridges, water system, flood control, school and other buildings within the province will also be implemented.

These projects with an amount of P20 million were included by Rep. Maximo B. Dalog in his Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF) for 1st Semester of CY 2013.