Lapu-Lapu to start work on 10 road projects

WORK on at least 10 road projects in different parts of Lapu-Lapu City is expected to start this month.

Lapu-Lapu City Mayor Paz Radaza said she would make sure that the projects would be done as fast as possible.

Radaza said it would be done by different contractors and would be expected to be completed in less than three months.

2013 budget

She said that these projects were made possible since the city government had already lined up these projects in the 2013 annual budget for infrastructure.

On December 20, the process of working for the project will start including the bidding process. The road projects are the concreting of Cagudoy Basak road which is about 1,520 linear meters, concreting of Marigondon road (Intersection) measuring 102 linear meters, the concreting of Pajac-Maribago road with a stretch of 2,330 linear meters and concreting of Basak-Pakpakan road with 853 linear meters.

Basak, Gun-ob

On January, will follow the concreting of Basak-Agus road with 704 linear meters, concreting of Timpolok-Gun-ob-Babag road with 1,250 linear meters, rehabilitation of road and drainage system at Barangay Bankal and Barangay Pajac with 520 linear meters and pavement resurfacing of Bonifacio street in Barangay Poblacion with 94 linear meters.

aviation road

And on March, will also follow the concreting of Aviation road including sidewalk, curb and gutter (Phase III) with 1,202 linear meters and the repair/rehabilitation/asphalt overlay of various city roads with 1,612 linear meters.

mcwd share

The controversial Pajac-Maribago road where the Metro Cebu Water District (MCWD) was doing excavations for their pipe-laying projects will have a budget of P13.2 million, where P1.2 Million came from MCWD as their counterpart for the road rehabilitation.

Radaza said that the city had already coordinated with the City Traffic Management System and alternative routes and the manning of traffic in these areas were already worked on./Correspondent Norman V. Mendoza