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The infrastructure program anchored on the Build Build Build (BBB) initiative still remains among the top economic priorities of the government. With the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) as one of the lead implementing agencies of the BBB Program, Acting Secretary Roger Mercado highlighted at the 2021 Philippine Economic Briefing with Foreign Chambers […]
The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) announced that the detailed engineering design (DED) for the proposed Laguna Lakeshore Road Network Project (LLRN) will start in December 2021. This after DPWH Acting Secretary Roger Mercado with Undersecretary for Unified Project Management Office (UPMO) Operations Emil Sadain, UPMO Roads Management Cluster 2 Project Director Sharif […]
Mindanao’s longest flyover in Tagum, Davao del Norte was officially opened recently by the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH). DPWH Acting Secretary Roger Mercado led the ceremonial unveiling of marker and drive-thru at the 1.035-kilometer Tagum City Flyover in the most strategic intersection of Daang Maharlika (Agusan – Davao National Highway) and Surigao […]
A new barracks for the 20th Marine Company, Marine Battalion Landing Team 10 of the Philippine Marines is being fast-tracked for completion by the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) in Sta. Praxedes, Province of Cagayan. Citing a report from DPWH Cagayan Second District Engineering Office, Acting Secretary Roger Mercado said that a two-story building […]
With the increase of economic activities and growing farm industry in the province of La Union, the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) recently completed the construction of a 204-meter road project that will reduce half of the usual travel time between the two Barangays of Apatut and Nagsabaran in the town of Balaoan. […]
The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) recently paved two local roads to improve access to the tourist destinations of Saint Bernard in Southern Leyte. One of the completed road improvement projects involves the P9.6-million tourism road leading to Southern Leyte Bird Sanctuary and Mangrove Area. Roughly a kilometer stretch of uneven and sandy […]
The entire 7.42-kilometer stretch of the new Sariaya Bypass Road from Manila South Road to Quezon Eco-Tourism Road in Quezon Province is now 100 percent complete and open to the motoring public. No less than President Rodrigo Duterte, together with Public Works and Highways Secretary Roger Mercado, Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea, Senator Bong Go, Quezon […]
The municipal government of La Trinidad, Benguet sees an end to the flooding problem that besets the local strawberry farm, with the completion of a P60 million drainage project. Mayor Romeo Salda said according to the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH), the project would be completed before the end of the second quarter […]
Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Acting Secretary Roger Mercado personally led the DPWH participation in the commemoration program for the fourth year of the Marawi Liberation from armed terrorist militants. As member agency of the Task Force Bangon Marawi (TFBM) created under Administrative Order No. 3 issued by President Rodrigo Duterte on June […]
The newly installed Acting Secretary of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) immediately made his presence felt on the ground, inspecting the ongoing Binondo Intramuros Bridge Project. Secretary Roger Mercado said that although reports can be read inside an air-conditioned office or while seated on a vehicle, best decisions are made if you […]