DPWH targets to complete 18-km Marawi Transcentral Road this December 2020 MANILA - The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) is optimistic that the on-going rehabilitation of 18.97 kilometer Marawi Transcentral Road in Lanao Del Sur will be completed by December 2020 despite nearly two (2) months of suspended construction activities due to COVID-19 pandemic.
DPWH Undersecretary for Unified Project Management Office (UPMO) Operations & Technical Services Emil K. Sadain said that progress of works for the 18.97-kilometer Marawi Transcentral Road Project under stage 1 of the reconstruction and development plan for Greater Marawi has restarted to accelerate with the resumption on May 4, 2020 of construction activities. Funded under the P970 Million grant from Government of Japan thru Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), the ongoing Marawi Transcentral Road Project which is clustered into three (3) contract packages has made remarkable progress since work resumed towards achieving the completion goal.
meeting with UPMO Project Directors, Project Director Virgilio Castillo and Project Manager Francisco Sawali of UPMORoads Management Cluster 1 (Bilateral) exhorted the Marawi road contractors to step-up construction activities and compensate for the time lost during area lockdown to improve work progress and eventually advance the completion of the project which is expected by June 2021.
Undersecretary Sadain, DPWH Focal Person in the Inter-Agency Task Force Bangon Marawi, said that DPWH UPMO-RMC1 immediately coordinated with the contractors upon lifting of local community lockdown in Marawi City to resume work, subject to compliance with DPWH Secretary Mark A. Villar’s issued Acting on the the instructions of construction safety guidelines for the Undersecretary Sadain during a recent implementation of infrastructure projects May 23-29, 2020 |
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