MARAWI CITY, Lanao del Sur, Sept. 10 (PIA) -- Four infrastructure projects funded by the national government's Transition Investment Support Plan (TISP) for Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) have been completed, Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Regional Office 10 said.
Jacky Kim A. Obguia, chief of the monitoring section of DPWH-10, reported this during the local stakeholders meeting of the Project Management Office (PMO) of the Transition Investment Support Plan (TISP) for Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) on Sunday, September 8.
He said the widening of Marawi-Malabang road; upgrading of national road, Ganassi-Tubod section; rehabilitation and reconstruction of damaged national road, Ganassi-Tubod section; rehabilitation of Bato-Bato bridge approaches and scour protection and completion of Kiaokaran bridge along Molundo-Maguing section were 100 percent completed.
He added that the rehabilitation/reconstruction/upgrading of damaged paved national road, Marawi-Malabang section is 93 percent completed while the upgrading of Molundo-Wao road, Molundo-Maguing section, is 95 percent as of August 31.
Obguia said these infra projects will bring the people in the municipalities closer to the city, facilities and commodities.
The TISP is a national government intervention to improve the socio-economic conditions in ARMM.
Out of the P8.59 billion TISP funding, DPWH got the share of P2.8 billion for preventive maintenance of national arterial or secondary roads, rehabilitation/reconstruction of damaged paved national roads, upgrading of secondary roads, and replacement of national bridges.
According to DPWH-10, a total of P911 million was allocated for infrastructure projects in the province.
Obguia said DPWH-10 is also implementing other projects in the province in support to the TISP.
These include the road upgrading of Molundo-Wao road, Bumbaran section, which is 35.46 percent completed.
He said the project contracted by Fiat Construction has a cost of P127,327,005.09 with target completion on January 21, 2014.
The other project which is only 9.64 percent completed is the reconstruction of Agus Bridge II along Marcos Boulevard, this city.
The project started last April 3, 2013 and we are expecting full blast of activities for this project because the materials was already delivered on site, he said.
This project, with a total cost of P138,753,665.80, is expected to be completed on May 22, 2014.
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