The Dept. of Public
Works and Highways said 30 road sections in Northern Luzon, mostly in the
Cordillera Administrative Region, remain impassable due to the onslaught of
Typhoon Ompong.
The DPWH said
that a total of 30 road sections in Ilocos Region, Central Luzon, and CAR
remain closed to traffic due to rock debris, landslides, fallen trees,
mud-flow, washed-out road, road-cut, damaged slope protection and electric
post, eroded bridge approach, and flooding.
The DPWH said
that 24 roads in CAR were still not passable.
Roads with
closed sections in CAR included Kennon Road, Baguio-Bontoc Road,
Baguio-Bua-Itogon Road, Gurel-Bokod-Kabayan-Buguias-Abatan Road, City
Limit-Sto. Tomas Road, Acop Kapanga-Kibungan-Bakun Road, and Cong. Andres Acop
Cosalan Road.
Also included
are Banaue-Hungduan-Benguet Boundary Road, Kiangan-Tinoc-Buguias Road, Nueva
Vizcaya-Ifugao-Mt. Province Road, Mt. Province Boundary-Calanan-Pinukpuk-Abbut
Road, Balbalan Pinukpuk Road, Tabuk Banaue Road via Tanudan Barlig Road,
Kalinga-Abra Road, Lubuagan-Batong Buhay Road, Balbalan-Pinukpuk Road,
Abra-Ilocos Norte Road, Abra-Kalinga Road, Abra-Cervantes Road, Kabugao-Pudtol
Luna-Cagayan Boundary Road, Apayao-Ilocos Norte intermittent section, and
Claveria-Calanasan Road.
In Ilocos
Region, two road sections are also still impassable; Ilocos Norte-Abra Road,
and Urdaneta-JCT Dagupan Road, YMCA Tapuac Section in Pangasinan.
In Pampanga,
four road sections remain closed to traffic. These include Sto. Tomas-Minalin
Road, Baliwag-Candaba-Sta. Ana Road, Candaba-San Miguel Road, and San
Simon-Baliuag Road.
The agency
noted that partial cost of damage to roads and bridges have reached P2.273
billion.
The DPWH said
its Disaster Response Teams in the concerned regions will “continue to
undertake clearing operations and road/bridge restoration works to ensure
immediate reopening of national road networks.” – With a report from Liezle
Basa Inigo
Meanwhile, motorists
from the north going to Dagupan City and those originating from Dagupan
traveling to the north may now use Cayanga Bridge in San Fabian as announced on
Monday by DPWH region 1.
It was
reported that Cayanga Bridge is not passable to all kinds of vehicles after its
approach totally eroded on Sunday.
The damaged
was immediately repaired by DPWH region 1 by filling of embankment.
Cayanga
Bridge along Pangasinan-La Union Road is now open to traffic as of 5 p.m.
“Pwedeng two
lanes at mayroon ding temporary foot bridge para naman sa mga tao na gusto
tumawid,” said District Engineer Edith Manuel.
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