MANILA: The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) on Friday reported the completion of infrastructure projects worth PHP121 million in the provinces of Nueva Ecija and Negros Occidental.
In a news release, DPWH Region 3 (Central Luzon) Director Roseller Tolentino said these include five infrastructure projects in the towns of Aliaga and Carranglan and the cities of San Jose and Muñoz with a combined cost of PHP34.55 million.
Completed in Aliaga town was a two-lane road measuring 555 meters in Barangay Macabucod.
‘The local road project which benefits around 200-500 road users, mostly farmers, was completed last May 2024,’ Tolentino said.
The DPWH-3 also constructed one single-story school building each with four classrooms in Carranglan Central School and Sto. Tomas Elementary School; and two single-story school buildings with two classrooms each in Pandalla Elementary School and San Andres Elementary School in the city of Muñoz.
All school buildings have toilets, handwashing areas, corridors, g
utters, and persons with disability (PWD) ramps with handrails.
Meanwhile, coastal communities are now protected against strong waves and tides with the completion of a concrete seawall in Cadiz City, Negros Occidental.
DPWH Region 6 (Western Visayas) Director Sanny Boy Oropel said the PHP87-million project involved the construction of an 835.5-lineal meter long, three-meter high concrete seawall designed to absorb and reflect wave energy which will prevent erosion and stabilize the coastline.
‘This seawall assures fisherfolk and residents living along the shorelines of Barangay Zone 1 that they are now safe from the threats of sudden tidal surge and raging waters,’ he said in a separate news release.
The structure also serves as a separator that can be utilized by fisherfolk as a docking area during high tides and typhoons.
Other construction works of the seawall project were a four-meter wide reinforced concrete slab and a 0.5-meter high mattress that will serve as wave deflectors.
‘With this all-weat
her protective structure, coastal communities can effectively manage flooding risks and ensure the long-term sustainability of their coastlines,’ Oropel said.
Source: Philippines News Agency
