Government sets
aside P100-M for Burauen-Albuera road opening
By Philippine Information
Agency (PIA 8)
August 5, 2012
TACLOBAN CITY –
The national government has allotted P100 million to facilitate the
opening of Burauen-Albuera Road, an official of the Department of
Public Works and Highways, recently informed.
The Burauen-Albuera Road
will enable travelers from Tacloban City to reach Ormoc faster passing
through five towns with combined length of 89 kilometers, very much
shorter that the existing 107 kilometers of Palo-Carigara road.
The Road will also offer a
shorter route from Tacloban City to Baybay City with a difference of
30 kilometers from the existing Dulag-Abuyog route.
DPWH Region 8 Director
Rolando Asis said that with the financial commitment of the DPWH main
office, his office will proceed in 2013 with civil works which was
halted by funding constraints this year.
“The budget will allow us to
open an additional six kilometers of new road next year,“ Director
Asis informed in a press statement.
He added that some P300
million is needed to fully open the remaining 8.43 kilometers road
plus an additional P500 million is needed to construct four bridges
along this span of road.
Last year, the DPWH pegged
the cost of concreting of the entire road span at P1.3 billion based
on the 2011 cost estimate. The road project was backed by the members
of the Eastern Visayas Regional Development Council.
Director Asis said his
office is strongly lobbying for the release of additional budget
requirements to meet the two-year timetable for the opening of the new
road which will connect the western and northern parts of the Province
of Leyte.
The regional office has not
received any funding for the project in 2012 for failure to meet some
requirements, however, road opening works continue this year utilizing
the 2011 allotment, Asis added.