Big infrastructure projects worth more than P9.5 billion are under construction or nearing completion in Northeastern, Northern and Central Mindanao, officials of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) said on Wednesday.
These mega infrastructure projects that are being undertaken and closely supervised by the DPWH regional directors and district engineers are all under the Mindanao Super Region projects and President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo’s State-of-the-Nation Address (SONA) commitments.
Region XIII Regional Director Dr. Evelyn T. Barroso has vowed to complete in its target time limit the P1.7-billion Surigao-Davao Coastal Road, along with the Lianga (Surigao del Sur)-Prosperidad (Agusan del Sur) Section and Adlay-Bon-ot (Surigao del Sur) Section.
The Package 13 Tagasaka-Bislig Section, Package 14 Bislig-Lingig Section and Package 15 Lingig-Boundary Boston (Davao Oriental) road projects are nearing completion.
Five Surigao-Davao Coastal Road SONA projects ?- Package 1 Amontay-Sto. Nino Section, Package 2 Marihatag-San Agustin-Lianga Section, Package 3 Tandag-Marihatag Section, Package 10 Boston-Bislig Section and Package 11 Bislig-Manay Section have been finished ahead of schedule, Barroso said.
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Mindanao power consumers should brace for higher electricity bills until August because mixed power generation would probably last until then, a power executive said Wednesday.
Rodger Velasco, vice president for engineering of the Davao Light and Power Company (DLPC), said the use of mixed generation would continue because the water supply level in hydro power sources has not improved much, despite rains.
“There’s rain but we still need more,” he said.
The National Grid Corp. of the Phils. said it has been using fuel-fed generating systems, which could increase electricity charges, to ease the power shortage.
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