DAVAO CITY — The multi-billion Tagum City Flyover project, the biggest flyover in Mindanao, is already 84.23% completed, and will be opened to vehicles by the last quarter of next year, Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH)-Davao public affairs and information officer Dean Ortiz said on Thursday.
Ortiz said in an interview that the 1.6-kilometer flyover is now on its final phase of implementation.
He said construction works on the P2.7 billion flyover are currently concentrated on the “superstructures” such as the pouring of deck slabs after completing the installation of all girders along Crossing Makulay, the major intersection of Tagum, last June 6.
The construction of the flyover commenced in 2017, according to Ortiz.
He added that 25 piers have already been erected as of June 30.
“All 208 girders have been installed with only 11 deck slabs awaiting pouring, with road and drainage improvement works being simultaneously implemented beneath it,” he said.
He said bridge approaches will be constructed next year to be funded using the last budget tranche worth P120 million to be released in 2021.
He said the flyover project will help address traffic problems in Tagum, with an estimated population of more than 260,000 according to the 2015 census of the Philippine Statistics Authority.
“As the capital city of the province of Davao del Norte, it is fast becoming a center for economic growth as investors are flocking the city due to the great investment opportunities it offers,” Ortiz said.