MAASIN CITY, Southern Leyte, April 28-- The
inventory of roads and bridges in this province has concluded on Friday after
three months of survey.
Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH)
Southern Leyte District Engineering Office (DPWH-SLDEO) maintenance section
chief Gideon Sacro said the inventory, which started February this year, had
deployed 30 personnel from the maintenance, planning and construction sections.
They were grouped into two teams to check the
condition of 298-kilometer highway, including 152 bridges.
“Basically, the annual inspection covered all the
roads and bridges in the district as this is necessary for allocation of funds
next year. We have to make sure that it being done in accordance with existing
rules to maintain data integrity,” Sacro said.
The information gathered from the survey will be an
input to the Road and Bridge Information Application (RBIA).
RBIA is an online system which will provide a new
approach in maintaining data on the national road network which will enable users
who are connected to the Wide Area Network to receive rapid answers to almost
any question related to the road inventory.(DPWH-PR/PNA)
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