- DPWH announces 84 projects under study gets an allocation of 1.24 billion pesos budget.
- The budget is based on the 2021 General Appropriations Act (GAA).
- 33 proposed projects have already received study funding.
MANILA, Feb. 16 -- Public Works and Highways Secretary
Mark A. Villar announced that a total of 82 projects now under feasibility
studies, preliminary and detailed engineering design, economic analysis,
technical studies, and traffic impact assessment have received an allocation of
P1.23 Billion under 2021 General Appropriations Act (GAA).
According to Secretary Villar, in Luzon alone, 33 proposed
projects have received study funding. This include the Samson Road to NLEX
Connector Link Project under DPWH National Capital Region costing P36.9 Million
and the Alaminos-Lucap Bypass Road in Pangasinan costing P11 Million for Region
1.
The Cordillera Administrative Region has received funding
for seven (7) projects costing P94.4 Million which cover Mongol-Nalbu-Alimit-Nattum-
Dulao Road and Boliwog-Abinuan-Alimit( Mayoyao) Road among others; four (4) in
Region 2 costing P37.5 Million covering Baybayog Bypass Road and Quezon-Delfin
Abano Road; four (4) in Region 3 costing P60 Million covering San
Miguel-Cabanatuan Road and San Leonardo-San Antonio Bypass Road and
Concepcion-Mabalacat Bypass Road among others; seven (7) in Region 4-A costing
P126.3 Million which include the Batangas Grand Terminal Flyover,
Cavite-Batangas Bypass Road, and Tanza-Nasugbu Road; four (4) in Region 4-B
costing P68.6 Million covering Sablayan-Sta. Cruz Diversion Road and
Lubang Island Circumferential Road; and five (5) projects in Region 5
costing P47.1 Million which include the Sipocot Bypass Road and Mabolo-Almeda
Bypass Road among others.
In Visayas, DPWH allocated funding for studies of 19
projects which is composed of three (3) in Region 6 costing P66.4 Million
covering Capiz-Aklan Coastal Road among others; six (6) in Region 7 costing
P106.2 Million which covers Pamplona-Tanjay City-Bayawan City Road and
Mambaling South Boulevard; and the 10 projects in Region 8 costing P108.9
Million inclusive of Baybay-McArthur Road and Nabang-Gadgaran Diversion Road.
For Mindanao, 29 projects received appropriation including
the four (4) projects in Region 9 costing P71.4 Million which cover
Sirawai-Tungawan Diversion Road in Zamboanga del Norte and Putik-Campo Island
Diversion Road in Zamboanga City; 11 projects in Region 10 costing P160.4
Million covering Iligan City-Magsaysay Agri-Industrial Road and Dansolihan-Camp
Kibaritan-Languindingan Road; four (4) in Region 11 costing P51.5 Million
covering Panacan-Bunawan Flyover and Tagum City-Sto. Tomas Diversion Road; two
(2) in Region 12 costing P17.4 Million inclusive of Bolebak-Pansud Alternate
Road and Midsayap-Libungan Bypass Road; and eight (8) in Region 13 which
include the Libanga-San Miguel Road and NRJ Santiago-Cantilan Road among
others.
The Poblacion Sta. Maria-Malungon Road, an inter-regional
road connecting Davao del Sur to Sarangani has also received study funding in
the amount of P17.4 Million.
“On top of thousands of ongoing projects under DPWH, 82 new
high-impact projects are being studied so we can further improve road network
across the country,” said Secretary Villar.
“Timely studies are crucial to successful project development as they lay the foundation for the implementation or civil works phase,” added Secretary Villar. (DPWH)
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