Half
way to President Rodrigo Roa Duterte’s six year term, the country is slowly
seeing the benefits of his dream of the Golden Age of Infrastructure for the
country.
Japan,
China , Asian Development Bank (ADB) has been the big investors in this
infrastructure dream of the President, which led “to increase infrastructure
spending from 5.4 percent of the country’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in
2017, to 7.3 percent by the end of President Rodrigo Duterte’s term in 2022.
This is higher than the 2.4 percent average recorded by the past six
administrations in the last five decades — and the highest budget allocation
for infrastructure in Philippine history.”
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Into the last three years of his six year term, the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Secretary Mark Villar reported the completion of 9,845 kms of road, 2,709 bridges, 4,536 flood control projects, 82 evacuation centres, and 71,803 classrooms.
As
per the DPWH:
“9,845 km of roads completed
Of the 9,845 km of roads completed,
1,096 km are farm-to-market roads, 589 km are missing links, 418 km are
bypasses or diversion roads, 220 km lead to airports and seaports, 175 km lead
to economic zones, and 961 km lead to declared tourism destinations. A total of
1,121 km were maintained, 2092.89 km widened, and 1,361 km rehabilitated and
upgraded.
These includes the Laguna Lake Highway,
the Candon City Bypass Road in Ilocos Sur, the Slaughter House Road in Davao
City, the Pulilan-Baliuag Diversion Road in Bulacan, the Calapan-Roxas Road in
Oriental Mindoro, the Mandaue Causeway Road in Cebu, the Dipolog-Oriquieta Road
in Misamis Occidental, the Dumaguete North Road in Negros Oriental, and the
Taytay-El Nido Road in Palawan.
2,709 bridges
Of the 2,709 bridges, 462 were widened,
108 constructed, 1,642 strengthened, and 155 replaced. About 342 local bridges
were also built.
These include the Anduyan Bridge in La
Union, the Bolo-Bolo Bridge in Misamis Oriental, the Caguray Bridge in
Occidental Mindoro, the Pasac-Culcul in Pampanga, the Maddiangat Bridge in
Nueva Viscaya, and the Pigalo Bridge in Isabela.
4,536 flood control projects
Considering the vulnerability of the
Philippines to natural hazards, the government is aggressive in expanding
protected flood-prone areas around the country. A total of 4,536 flood
mitigation structures were completed since June, 2016.
These include the pumping stations at
Barangays Wawang Polo and Coloong, the Flood Risk Management Project for
Cagayan River, the Flood Risk Management Project for Tagoloan River, the Leyte
Tide Embankment Project. and the Pasig Marikina River Flood Control Project.
71,803 classrooms
To address the gap in physical
facilities required for elementary and secondary schools nationwide, Villar
said a total of 71,803 classrooms were constructed benefiting more than 3.2
million learners. Another 67,608 classrooms are in various stages of
implementation. These accomplishments have eased the classroom congestion, from
a ratio of 1 classroom to 35 learners in 2016 to 1 classroom to 28 learners in
2018.
These include the National High School
in Alaminos, Pangasinan, the Alejandra Navarro National High School in Davao
City and the Bagong Pag-Asa Elementary School."
What
to expect in the next three years
For
the second half of his term ,the Duterte administration still has a lot of big
ticket deliverables for the country like the Philippine High Standard
Highway Network Program, which aims to build and lay the ground work for the
1,049 km of new high-standard highways and expressways in Luzon, Cebu, and
Davao and the Luzon Spine Expressway Network — a masterplan which aims to
connect the northernmost part of Luzon to the southernmost part — will soon be
accessible to the public.
For
this year alone, DPWH is expected to complete key segments of the
Tarlac-Pangasinan-La Union Expressway, Central Luzon Link Expressway, NLEX
Harbor Link, Metro Manila Skyway Stage 3, and C5 Southlink.
For
the President’s hometown, the completion this year of the Mindanao Road
Development Network Program, a 2,847 km of road network in Mindanao, is
expected to improve the logistics network in growth corridors and conflict
affected areas.
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