Some sections of eight
roads in the Cordillera Administrative Region and Region 3 have remained
impassable as of Wednesday noon, almost two weeks after typhoon “Ompong” hit
these regions.
In an advisory, the
Department of Public Works and Highways announced that the eight closed road
sections in the two regions were still closed to traffic due to landslide,
collapsed road, damaged slope protection, road slip and flooding.
One of the
major roads leading to Baguio, Kennon Road, was still closed.
Two sections of
Baguio-Bontoc Road — Busa and Tiging sections — were also closed.
Five sections
of Baguio-Bua-Itogon Road located in Barangay Ucab and Barangay Poblacion in
Itogon, Benguet were still impassable.
A section of
Acop-Kapangan-Kibungan-Bakun Road in Bagtangan, Gambang, Bakun, Benguet also
remained impassable.
The Nagparan
section of the Abra-Ilocos Norte Road, a section of Apayao – Ilocos Norte Road,
one section of Banaue-Hungduan-Benguet Boundary Road, and Bomba Bridge in
Baliwag – Candaba – Sta. Ana Road in Pampanga were still closed to traffic.
Over the past
two weeks, a total of 77 roads that were closed due to Typhoon Ompong and
effects of Habagat have been cleared, according to the department.
Meanwhile,
damaged to infrastructure caused by typhoon “Ompong” has reached P6.948 billion
as of Wednesday.
The recorded partial
cost of damage to infrastructure was combined from P1.539-billion damage to
roads, P52-million damage to bridges, P5.278-billion to flood control
structures, and P78.30 million to public buildings.
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