DPWH Leyte office attains 96.12% accomplishment rate for 2015 projects

ORMOC CITY, Jan. 17 (PNA) -- The Department of Public Works and Highways 4th Leyte Engineering District (DPWH-4th LED) closed 2015 with an accomplishment rate of 96.12 percent for its 61 active projects for the year.

Only two projects, which are a footbridge in Naungan village and a flood control project in neighboring Albuera town were not completed last year, according to District Engineer Lino Francisco Gonzales.

The accomplishment rate was supposed to be 98 percent if not for the arrival of funds for the Tabgas River flood control project in Albuera on the first week of November 2015. The footbridge in Naungan, on the other hand, is targeted for completion before March 15, 2016.

Gonzales said that for 2016, more than PHP1 billion worth of projects will be implemented in Leyte’s 4th district. Of this amount, PHP525 million will be implemented by 4th Led and the rest by the regional office.

Implementation began in the first week of January except for a PHP2 million multi-purpose building at Albuera port, which is still subject to bidding.

Meanwhile, 4th Led has 71 active school building projects worth PHP407 million, 38 of which have been completed and 32 ongoing. These projects are set to be completed by the opening of school year 2016-17 except for a four-storey building at New Ormoc National High School which has yet to begin construction. (PNA)
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DPWH Leyte office prioritizes infra development in 2016

CARIGARA, Leyte, Jan. 15 (PNA) - Infrastructure development is still a top priority of the Department of Public Works and Highways 2nd Leyte Engineering District (DPWH-2nd LED) with its Php1.2 billion budget allocation for 2016.

District Engineer Carlos Veloso said the funds will be used for the construction of bridges, maintenance and rehabilitation of major highways and completion of primary projects in Leyte’s second district.

Under the budget, the DPWH-2nd LED will undertake a total of 59 projects amounting to Php450 million. The rest of the projects with a total allocation of Php700 million is through the DPWH regional office.

The priority projects for 2016 include the repair and rehabilitation of 18 bridges.

Most of bridge within the area are either old or have been damaged by heavy rains and water flow during the past typhoons.

Also appropriated are widening and road reblocking along the Palo-Carigara-Ormoc road.

Veloso said that this vital highway that cuts across Leyte province have been steadily widened in order to accommodate increasing traffic flow.

He also said that his office is targeting to finish the Hiagsam Bridge in Jaro, Leyte by May 2016.

The bridge will be a breakthrough with four lanes to accommodate more traffic and built safer and more resistant to flashfloods.

The Hiagsam Bridge was destroyed during the onslaught of typhoon Senyang in 2014.

Meanwhile, the Burauen-Albuera road is also set to be completed this 2016 by the DPWH-2nd LED that would allow transportation along this route from Tacloban to Albuera.

He said they have more than achieved their completion target of 85% by attaining 95% accomplishment rate in 2015.

Veloso is optimistic they can attain the same accomplishment rate this 2016.

As the government’s lead construction agency, the DPWH’s budget allocation is the second biggest among government departments.

In 2016, the DPWH plans to complete the paving of all national arterial and secondary roads, as well as the continuing development of the national road network, including tertiary road and the preservation of road assets. (PNA)
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DPWH Southern Leyte ends 2015 with 87 completed projects

MAASIN CITY, Jan. 7 (PNA) – The Department of Public Works and Highways Southern Leyte District Engineering Office (DPWH-SLDEO) concluded 2015 with 87 completed projects, funded through the PHP835.61 million regular budget.

For District Engineer Ma. Margarita C. Junia, 2015 was a fruitful year as they managed to achieve 94.49 percent accomplishment in the construction of 100 regular projects.

“I would like to commend all engineers and field workers for their hard work in the past 12 months. We did everything to speed up projects in order to improve road accessibility for better mobility of people and products,” Junia said.

Of the PHP835.61 million worth of projects last year, PHP35.30 million was for preventive maintenance, PHP19.68 million for repair of damaged pavement including drainage, PHP10 million for widening of national highway, PHP50 million for construction of missing gaps connecting major roads, PHP41.4 million for off carriageway improvement, PHP17.27 million for traffic benchmark for upgrading to paved road standards.

PHP56.7 million for construction of new bridges, PHP408.64 million for major repair of bridges, PHP4 million for widening of bridges, PHP50 million for construction of roads leading to tourist destinations, PHP500,000 for building of water system, PHP52 various infrastructure including local projects, and PHP90.1 million for local infrastructure program.

Still ongoing under the 2015 regular funds are preventive maintenance, construction of missing gaps, building of new permanent bridges, fish ports, multi-purpose buildings, and water system.

“My instruction is to complete all incomplete projects within the first three months so that we can focus our efforts on the construction of 2016 projects,” Junia said.

Aside from 2015 regular projects, the SLDEO has also been implementing PHP440.52 million worth of projects from various sources.

These are the PHP334.88 million school building projects from the Department of Education, PHP44.15 million special road support fund from the Road Board, PHP38 million farm-to-market roads from the Department of Agriculture, PHP8 million repair and maintenance of flood control and drainage structures, PHP11.06 million maintenance and other operating expenses, and PHP4.42 million maintenance of Aga-Agas Bridge. (PNA)
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