Earthquake damage to nat’l roads, bridges now more than P396 million – DPWH

VIGAN IMPACT A car is buried under the debris from an old house damaged by the earthquake in Vigan City, Ilocos Sur. Photo by AFP

MANILA, Philippines — Damage to infrastructure following the powerful earthquake that recently hit Luzon region has now reached P396.58 million, the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) said Friday.

DPWH Secretary Manuel Bonoan said that as of 6 a.m., July 29, damage to national roads was at P104.53 million while damage to national bridges was at P292.05 million.

Bonoan said the data cover infrastructure in the Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR), Region 1, and Region 2.

READ: DPWH: 14 nat’l roads closed due to landslides, damage after Abra quake

The DPWH also reported that five impassable road sections in CAR and Region 1 are still being cleared. These are:

• Lubuagan-Batong Buhay Road K0463+700, K0464+000 sections in Puapo, Dangtalan, Pasil and K0464+600, K0464+700, K0464+800 sections in Colong, Lower Uma, Lubuagan, in Kalinga Province (due to landslide and rock collapse);
• Baguio – Bontoc Road K0347+090 – K0347+180, and K0347+280 – K0347+340 Mt. Data Cliff, Bauko, Mt. Province (due to soil collapse);
• Tagudin – Cervantes Road K0350+950, and K0353+100 section in Ilocos Sur (due to landslide and rockslide);
• Jct. Santiago-Banayoyo-Lidlidda-San Emilio-Quirino Road K0393+000 Brgy. Cayos, Quirino, Ilocos Sur (due to landslide and rockslide); and
• Cervantes-Aluling-Bontoc Road K0387+(-950), Brgy. Aluling, Cervantes, Ilocos Sur (due to landslide and rockslide).

The DPWH said they are targeting to reopen the affected roads in CAR by July 30 at 5 p.m. – Christine Annie Asistio, INQUIRER.net intern

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