DPWH orders SAMELCO
I to observe ROW limit
By MARIANETTE Y. GOMEZ
July 22, 2015
CALBAYOG CITY – The
ongoing pole replacement and repair/rehabilitation of the primary
distribution lines along National Roads by Samar I Electric
Cooperative, Inc., has caught the attention of the Maintenance Point
Persons assigned in road sections where the activity is undertaken.
Samar First District
Engineering Office in Brgy. San Policarpo, Calbayog City immediately
calls the attention of SAMELCO I invoking Department Order No. 73,
Series of 2014 which prohibits the construction of all kinds of
temporary and permanent structures within the right-of-way (ROW) of
all national roads which is 15 meters from the centerline.
The prohibition includes
posts and towers of electric cooperatives and major electric power
distributors, distribution lines, posts for cable of phones and mobile
service providers.
Although SAMELCO I is
mandated to undertake pole replacement and repair / rehabilitation of
primary distribution lines along national roads, DPWH - Samar I poses
no objection to the installation of electrical posts as long as it is
beyond the Road-Right-of-Way limit, 15 meters from the centerline of
the road along Daang Maharlika and 10 meters from the centerline along
Calbayog - Catarman Road via Lope de Vega road.
District Engineer Virgilio
Eduarte discloses that all road sections are scheduled for road
widening this year hence, the observance by SAMELCO I of installing
the posts beyond ROW to prevent the waste of fund and incurrence of
damages on both parties. Non-compliance to DPWH Dept. Order No. 73,
series of 2014 will oblige your office to make a commitment that no
payment will be made to that end once the widening projects commence.
