Gov't sets P100M for Burauen-Albuera road in Tacloban

By Erlinda Olivia P. Tiu

Sunday 5th of August 2012

TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte, Aug 5 (PIA) -- 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 said.

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 than 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 km 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 for failure to meet some requirements,

“The budget will allow us to open an additional six km of new road next year," Director Asis said in a press statement.

He added that some P300 million is needed to fully open the remaining 8.43-km 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 2011 cost estimate. The road project was backed by the members of the Eastern Visayas Regional Development Council.

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 is using the 2011 allotment, Asis added in order to continue the project. (PIA 8)