Iligan City – The much-awaited Panguil Bay mega-bridge project, one of the flagship infrastructure projects of President Rodrigo Duterte administration is now progressing at full scale on its construction schedule.
This was revealed during the site visit on June 4, 2021, of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) 2nd District Engineering office for Lanao del Norte, District Engineer Alykhan Ali, Project Manager Miguel Ramos of the DPWH - Unified Project Management Office (UPMO) and consultants from the Korean consortium who are jointly undertaking the bridge construction.
“We are very much pleased to learn that the construction of Panguil Bay bridge is on track despite the prevailing pandemic, and big thanks to Secretary Mark Villar for his innovative ways to push for this mega-project forward while keeping the workforce safe”, expressed District Engineer Ali.
According to DPWH Secretary Mark Villar, the P7.38 billion mega-bridge project is a 3.169-kilometer two-lane bridge which will connect Tangub City in Misamis Occidental and Tubod town in Lanao del Norte will drastically reduce travel time between these two points from the present two-and-a-half hours to only 10 minutes.
The Panguil Bay Bridge (PBB) project will be the longest bridge in the country, overtaking the San Juanico Bridge that links Samar and Leyte by more than 1-kilometer.
The Panguil Bay bridge will also shorten trips from the cities of Cagayan de Oro and Iligan to Tangub and Zamboanga region in western Mindanao.
Villar said bridges are key to developing the Philippine transport industry, as they are crucial in improving mobility and interconnectivity among nearby cities and provinces. An estimated 200 local workers are currently employed by the Joint venture contractor Namkwang-Kukdong-Gumgwang for the implementation phase of the PBB project.
Also joining District Engineer Ali during his site visit are Maintenance
Engineers Norodin Batabor and Hadjinor Sukarno. (VNL/DPWH-PIO; Edited by Jun
Enriquez)
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