DPWH sets August deadline to finish CDO flyover

The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) intends to complete the P362.95-million Puerto-Sayre Flyover project in Cagayan de Oro City (CDO) this month. The DPWH said the two-lane prefabricated modular permanent flyover, the first of its kind in Northern Mindanao, is now 73 percent complete. "DPWH President’s Bridge Program Office Director Oscar Villanueva is pushing for the early completion of the project three months ahead of the original schedule (November 2011)," the DPWH said in a news release. DPWH Undersecretary Rafael Yabut is supervising the DPWH foreign-funded projects in CDO. The project is part of the Mega Bridges for Urban and Rural Development Project of the President’s Bridge Program Office. It is funded under the French Government’s financial assistance to the Philippines. It is also part of the Philippine government’s engineering measure to mitigate vehicular congestion. The 195-lineal-meter flyover project along Puerto-Sayre Highway Road includes five spans modular steel, four piers and road approaches with a length of 38.83 meters. DPWH Secretary Rogelio Singson said the project, once completed, will decongest vehicular traffic and provide an immediate link to the region’s production and commercial zones. The DPWH cited a study showing traffic volume in CDO as the capital city of Misamis Oriental has increased rapidly due to urbanization. - VVP, GMA News