DPWH rushes completion of P830.87-M road project in Mindanao by June 2022

The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) said on Wednesday it is “working to complete” the P830.87-million Puntian-Arakan Road in Mindanao by June 2022.

In a news statement, Public Works Secretary Roger G. Mercado said the only remaining portion of the project is a 1.12-kilometer section, which is funded through general appropriations.

Mercado said as of end December, the whole project is at 91.8-percent completion rate.

Once finished, the Puntian-Arakan Road will link Regions 10 and 12 via Bukidnon’s Kibawe town to the municipality of Arakan in Cotabato, improving access between Central and Northern Mindanao.

The Puntian-Arakan Road has a total length of 23.6 kilometers, including two bridges with combined length of 90 meters, and a slope protection that spans 2,381 square meters.

Civil works including road opening, road concreting, and construction of concrete bridges as well as protective structures were started in 2016. To date, portions of the road have been opened for traffic.

“We are ensuring that the road is going to be completed in order to provide unhampered movement of goods and services as well as the delivery of government and private initiative extension programs for Mindanaoans,” Mercado said.

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The article was originally published in Business Mirror and written by Lorenz S. Marasigan.