DPWH Commence Construction of Ormoc Diversion Road
Ormoc City is no stranger to traffic congestion, especially along the Merida-Isabel-Palompon route. To help solve the problem, the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) has started the construction of the four-lane Ormoc City Diversion Road.
The 5.28-kilometer diversion road will traverse the barangays of San Juan, Lao, and Naungan in Ormoc City, Leyte. Its construction has a P300-million budget allocation according to DPWH Leyte 4th District Engineer Lino Francisco C. Gonzalez.
The Ormoc Diversion Road Project is composed of four contract packages covering the concreting of a four-lane road with shoulders, a 75-meter two-lane bridge, slope protection structure, box culvert, and line canal.
Contract Package A and B are 37% completed while the other contract packages that were started last May are 22% completed.
The project is expected to be completed by the first quarter of 2019.
“With this diversion road, the 11-kilometer distance from Brgy. San Juan to Brgy. Naungan will be shortened to just four (4) kilometers, immensely benefitting our locals and motorists whether just travelling or delivering goods and services” Engr. Gonzalez said.
