MAASIN
CITY, Southern Leyte, Dec. 21 (PNA) -– Five major projects with huge
funds will be carried out by the Department of Public Works and Highways
(DPWH) Southern Leyte District Engineering Office (SLDEO) after the
infrastructure agency’s main office allowed the field office to manage
bigger projects.
Citing the SLDEO’s performance this year,
Undersecretary Rafael C. Yabut approved the exemption of the district to
Department Order No. 156 issued last year.
The directive limits
the authority of a district engineering office to approve program of
works and budget for the contract of projects with cost not exceeding
PHP50 million. This is four times less than the PHP200 million limit for
the regional office.
Yabut noted that SLDEO posted a 90.43 percent completion rate of 84 projects as of November 17, 2016.
“Per
assessment and evaluation made by Procurement Service, the district
engineering office processed 84 contract packages for eligibility and
the corresponding contracts were awarded accordingly,” Yabut stated.
The
DPWH main office is more optimistic that SLDEO is more capable of
managing bigger projects next year considering that the latter will only
implement 40 contract packages or 50 percent less than this year’s
number of contracts.
These projects with approved special
authority are PHP109.43 million slope protection along critical road
sections in Sogod town, PHP100 million road opening and construction of
bridges for San Ricardo-Liloan Circumferential Road, PHP179.95 million
road widening and drainage system in various national road sections.
Also
included are PHP115 million Boundary Southern Leyte-Maasin
City-Macrohon road upgrading and PHP235.79 million road widening and
drainage system in various national road sections in the province.
“I
thank our central office and regional office for the trust and
confidence. This is all because of the good performance of Southern
Leyte,” said District Engineer Ma. Margarita C. Junia.
The district office got PHP1.74 billion allocation for infrastructure this year based on National Expenditure Program.
Junia
attributed the good performance of the district to the strong
coordination between the DPWH and the office of Southern Leyte Rep.
Roger Mercado. The solon regularly inspects infrastructure projects in
the district. (PNA)
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