Portions of roads in CAR, Pampanga still impassable

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.