Former Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) secretary turned senatorial candidate Mark Villar has promised the completion of the Tayabas Bypass Road linking Lucena, Quezon Province to Batangas. (Photo from Villar's media team) The project was originally projected to be completed by 2021....
The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) have completed two road improvement and widening projects in San Rafael, Iloilo which would provide better accessibility to residents. Farmers and residents of Barangay Ilongbukid in San Rafael, Iloilo have experienced better accessibility within...
The entire 5.14-kilometer Ciudad De Victoria Interchange that was intended as an alternate to congested roads in Bocaue, Bulacan is now fully open. NEW BYPASS ROAD-- A 5.14-kilometer bypass road between Sta. Maria and Bocaue in Bulacan opens on Oct. 2, 2021 to decongest roads in the province and...
An 8.72-kilometer section of the Bauang-San Fernando-San Juan Bypass Road in La Union is now open to motorists. NEW ROAD OPENS -- A ceremonial drive-thru led by DPWH Secretary Mark Villar, La Union 1st District Congressman Pablo C. Ortega, and DPWH Region 1 Director Ronnel M. Tan was conducted...
More intensified excavation works for the 2.3-kilometer twin tunnels of the Davao City Bypass Road will be conducted in the coming days, the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) bared Monday, Sept. 13. KEY DRILL MACHINES-- Excavation works on the twin tunnels along the Davao City Bypass...
The Japanese government has welcomed the opening of the Arterial Road Bypass Project (ARBP) or Plaridel Bypass Project Phase III in Bulacan that is expected to alleviate traffic congestion and boost economic activities in the region amid the COVID-19 (coronavirus disease 2019) pandemic. Japanese...
The 2.22-kilometer (km) section of the Arterial Plaridel Bypass Road, which includes the bridge across Angat River in Bustos, Bulacan, was opened on Friday, July 9. WIDER IS BETTER--The newly-widened Arterial Plaridel Bypass Road in Bustos, Bulacan was opened to motorists on July 9, 2021. (Photo...
NIGHT OWL Anna Mae Yu Lamentillo The first time I joined the President’s delegation — we were in Bicol region. Typhoon Nina, internationally known as Nock-ten, entered the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR) on December 23, 2016. It intensified into a typhoon on December 24 and made...
NIGHT OWL Anna Mae Yu Lamentillo Before my stint at “Build, Build, Build,” I worked with United Nations Development Program and Food and Agriculture Organization on their Typhoon Haiyan Response (locally known as Typhoon Yolanda). The first time I saw Tacloban (after the onslaught of Yolanda),...
The construction of the 2.3-kilometer (km) "twin tunnels" of the Davao City Bypass Road will start around July this year, the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) bared Tuesday, May 18. TWIN TUNNELS -- The construction of the pair of 2.3-kilometer tunnels of the Davao City Bypass Road...
