The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) has provided engineering solutions to stabilize both banks of Pasig-Potrero River and preserve the existing
The four (4)-lane 30 kilometer expressway project of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) connecting Tarlac City, Tarlac to Cabanatuan City,
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Photo from DPWH May 20, 2021 THE Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) announced that the first long-distance mountain tunnel in the Philippines with an approximate length of 2.3 kilometers (km) will be constructed in Davao City this July.
In a press release, DPWH said it is about to roll out the construction of two 2.3-km tunnel, which corresponds to the central portion of the Davao City Bypass Construction Project in Southern Mindanao financed by Official Development Assistance (ODA) of the Government of Japan through Japan International Cooperation Agency (Jica).
Public Works Secretary Mark Villar said that essential machinery has started to arrive in the Philippines for the road tunnel construction, which is expected to develop Filipino skilled workers with new technological know-how.
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But acting with haste doesn’t mean that the health and safety of the workers should get compromised, the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) said.
“With just a few more days to fully complete the new Estrella-Pantaleon Bridge, we are mindful that a single case of COVID-19 in the project can lead to an interruption, if not total work stoppage,” Public Works Secretary Mark A. Villar said.
Villar recently issued Department Order (DO) No. 30, which contained revised guidelines for the implementation of infrastructure projects from both the public and private sectors during an ECQ, modfied ECQ (MECQ), general community quarantine (GCQ), and modified GCQ (MGCQ).