DPWH Northern Mindanao bags best performing regional office
The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Region 10 has completed at least 717 infrastructure projects for 2015, the Philippine Information Agency (PIA) regional office reported.
The PIA 10 added that DWPH 10 thus bagged the 2015 best performing DPWH Regional Office among 17 regional offices.
Public Works Secretary Secretary Rogelio L. Singson, said the completed projects boost the economic potentials of Northern Mindanao as an investment area.
Meanwhile, DPWH Region 10 director Evelyn T. Barroso said the regional office together with the district engineering offices accomplished 94.38 percent or 717 projects out of the 875 projects for 2015 worth P18.7 billion.
Barroso said 39 projects are preservation of national roads, 41 road network development projects, 23 road upgrading projects, 68 construction of bridges and maintenance projects, 17 flood management services.
The others are four access roads leading to tourism destinations, 12 water supply and rainwater collector construction/rehabilitation projects, 512 under various infrastructure and local infrastructure program, and a national building program project.
“We will complete the remaining 156 on-going projects early this year while we strive for early procurement of projects under 2016 General Appropriations Act,” said Barroso.
“DPWH projects for Northern Mindanao this 2016 is valued at P31.1 billion and we aim to implement these projects on time, hopefully surpassing last year’s turn-out," she added. — BAP, GMA News