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In March last year, updates of the project were circulating online. The clearing on the Samal side started. The architectural design of the bridge on the tarpaulin was also installed right on the project site. Soil testing also commenced for the bridge.

Construction continues for the facility in Samal that will house workers of China Road and Bridge Corp., a unit of China Communications Construction Co., that will build the bridge

The P23 billion bridge project with a length of 3.98 kilometers and four lanes and will serve at least 25,000 vehicles daily is targeted to be completed by the year 2027.

On October 27, 2022, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. led the groundbreaking ceremony for the SIDC project that would link Davao City and Samal Island.

Meanwhile, Cordon in her speech also highlighted the continued implementation of the big-ticket projects in the Davao Region.

She reported substantial accomplishments of Davao Coastal Road which has four lanes with a total length of 17.73 kilometers, the construction of the Diversion Flyover Maa-Magtuod section measuring 860 meters, the Davao City Bypass Construction Project of 7.9-kilometer lanes that includes overpasses, underpasses, bridges, and main tunnel measuring 2.3 kilometers; and the Davao City viaduct with a total length of 1.7 kilometers.

In December last year, DPWH

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Region, Maria Lourdes Lim, director of the National Economic Development Authority-Davao, said that 2022 was a year of “robust growth and resilience” for this region as it exhibited strong economic fundamentals, buoyed by a dynamic private sector, and reinforced by healthy labor market.

She added the region has fully regained its economic strength.

She said the growth rate of 8.1 percent was driven by the ac-