The Senate did not provide the Chief Executive the necessary
emergency powers to addressed the horrendous traffic being experienced by
Filipinos at EDSA- all thanks to senator Grace Poe.
So the Duterte administration is left with no choice to do what
can be done in the last part of the term of President Rodrigo Roa Duterte.
The government
is still committed to decongest the Epifanio delos Santos Avenue (Edsa) through
the construction of various road and infrastructure projects which can serve as
alternate routes for motorists.
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| DPWH Secretary Mark Villar (photo credit to owner) |
“We’re well underway in fulfilling the promise of our President at the beginning of his term,” Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Secretary Mark Villar said
The DPWH Secretary said the PHP384
billion worth of infrastructure project is underway to reduce traffic
congestion on the thoroughfare which spans six cities -- Caloocan, Quezon City,
San Juan, Mandaluyong, Makati and Pasay.
“In the coming years, more road spaces
will be constructed to provide motorists alternative routes to the
heavily-congested 23.8 kilometers Edsa. In close coordination with national
government agencies, local government units, and the private sector, we are
pushing for the swift completion of our flagship infrastructure projects that
will provide a lasting solution to gridlocks in the National Capital Region
(NCR),” Villar added.
He said the DPWH right-of-way (ROW) Task
Forces for flagship projects are directed to intensify ROW acquisition efforts
to ensure timely completion of projects in Mega Manila.
Villar reported that major road and
bridge projects that are up for completion this year include the 2.60-kilometer
North Luzon Expressway (NLEX) Harbor Link R-10 Exit Ramp, and the 3.2-kilometer
Mindanao Avenue Extension Segment 2C.
Other projects are the 18.30-kilometer
Metro Manila Skyway Stage 3, the 6.94-km Laguna Lake Highway, the 3.3-km Fort
Bonifacio-Nichols Road (Lawton Avenue) widening to accommodate more vehicles,
and the Bonifacio Global City-Ortigas Center Link Road Project.
The DPWH is also set to begin civil works
on the 8.35-kilometer NLEX Harbor Link Segment 8.2, and the Pasig River &
Manggahan Floodway Bridges Construction Project inclusive of three bridges --
North & South Harbor Bridge, Palanca-Villegas Bridge, and the Eastbank-Westbank
Bridge 2 crossing Manggahan Floodway.
As
per the DPWH’s projected schedule, the public may expect the opening of the
eight-kilometer NLEX-SLEX Connector Road, the 680-meter Binondo-Intramuros
Bridge connecting Intramuros and Binondo, and the 506-meter Estrella-Pantaleon
Bridge connecting Estrella, Makati to Barangka Drive, Mandaluyong in 2021.
Scheduled to open in 2022 is the NLEX
Harbor Link Segment 8.2; 2.39-kilometer Section 1 Phase 1 of the 32-kilometer
Southeast Metro Manila Expressway, C-6.
Meanwhile, the 2.02 km North & South
Harbor Bridge connecting North and South Harbor, the 438-meter Palanca-Villegas
Bridge connecting A. Villegas and Carlos Palanca Streets, and the 929-meter
Eastbank-Westbank Bridge 2 connecting Eastbank Dike Road and Westbank Dike Road
at Cainta, Rizal are scheduled to open in 2023.
“President Duterte has the vision and the
political will to execute the Build, Build, Build program,” the DPWH Sec. added.
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