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DPWH engr.: Funds for flyover re-aligned to road repair project
THE funds for the road concreting project covering UN Avenue near the Marcelo Fernan bridge was re-aligned from a two-lane flyover project intended for Ouano Avenue in the North Reclamation Area in Mandaue City, public works officials said last week. Engineer Rachel Lumapas of the Department of Public Works and Highways in Central Visayas […]
DPWH told to finish projects before starting new ones
August 10, 2012
Finish pending road projects and in Cebu City first before proceeding to another. This was the call of the Cebu City Traffic Operations Management (Citom) board to the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH). A list of seven “delayed and unfinished” DPWH projects in Cebu City was sent to the agency in a June […]
DPWH says coordination with City Hall done
July 28, 2012
ROAD improvement projects in Cebu City’s south district will proceed next month. Cebu Engineering District head Nicomedes Leonor clarified that coordination with City Hall was done by the regional office of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) months ago. He said their office has not received any communication from Mayor Michael Rama about […]
2 flyover budgets may revert to gov’t
July 6, 2012
Idle funds for proposed flyovers in Cebu City may be returned to the national government by the end of the year. This scenario was raised by the Departmet of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) – Central Visayas in Tuesday ‘s dialog with citizens opposing the projects through the Movement for a Livable Cebu (MLC). About […]
Sparks fly between Rama, del Mar
June 29, 2012
CEBU City’s controversial flyovers weren’t on the agenda in yesterday’s meeting of the Regional Development Council in Tagbilaran City. But Cebu City Mayor Michael Rama and former north district congressman Raul del Mar exhanged heated words about the propriety of taking it up and how the RDC was being “bypassed”. At one point, the […]
Del Mar lauds, flyover foes mixed on study
June 28, 2012
Mixed sentiments greeted the results of the traffic impact study done by the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) in relation to two proposed flyover projects in Cebu City. Former congressman Raul del Mar said the study validated his position that the city needed flyover projects like that in General Maxilom and MJ Cuenco […]
‘Quality of life first before infra projects’
June 20, 2012
Flyover projects shouldn’t block key historical sites in Cebu City or elsewhere in Cebu province, a former archbishop and a civil society group said in separate interviews yesterday. Ricardo Cardinal Vidal said flyover projects should be “reconsidered” if it would affect heritage sites while the Movement for a Liveable Cebu (MLC) emphasized that public consultation […]
RDC exec says projects bypassed local council review
June 15, 2012
In lieu of two new flyover projects in Cebu City’s north district, officials of the Regional Development Council (RDC) wanted its funding to be diverted to drainage systems and a traffic master plan. “Cebu City’s priority is drainage improvement and traffic master plan, not flyovers,” said Cebu City Mayor and RDC chairman Michael Rama after […]
Critics ‘Flyovers an expensive band-aid’
June 4, 2012
FORMER north district congressman Raul Del Mar said having flyovers is about saying “no” to congestion and “no” to traffic jams in road intersections. The Movement for Livable Cebu (MLC) is unconvinced with convenor Joel Lee saying that building flyovers is an “expensive band-aid solution to the city’ traffic problems.” To prove his point the […]
Sidewalks may go to preserve old houses in Mabolo road widening
May 28, 2012
The Department of Public Works and Highways may have to individually consult owners of properties affected by the proposed widening of a portion of M. J. Cuenco Avenue. Former north district representative Raul del Mar said that they were also willing to compromise with owners whose structures are built on a portion of the sidewalk. […]
August 19, 2012
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