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Workers repair a portion of EDSA, particularly the lane used by the bus carousel, in Quezon City on August 6, 2023. Mark Demayo, ABS-CBN News

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DPWH: 70% of 21,000 projects completed in 2024

Pia Gutierrez

ABS-CBN News

<div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:950px"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1736324874415EDSA.jpg" style="width:950px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" alt="Workers repair a portion of EDSA, particularly the lane used by the bus carousel, in Quezon City on August 6, 2023. Mark Demayo, ABS-CBN News"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left">Workers repair a portion of EDSA, particularly the lane used by the bus carousel, in Quezon City on August 6, 2023. <em>Mark Demayo, ABS-CBN News</em></span></span></span></div><p>MANILA — The Department of Public Works and Highways says it has been able to complete 70% of the 21,000 projects — worth an aggregate P900 billion— that it worked on in 2024.</p><p>&quot;Eto marami po ito. Nandyan ang pagkumpuni ng kalsada, nandyan ang mga flood control, nandyan ang mga local projects and so forth and so on,&quot; Public Works Secretary Manuel Bonoan said in a televised briefing.</p><p>He said the projects completed include those started in 2023 and that were carried over into the next year.</p><p>“We have two years to implement ito, so until 2025 matatapos naming lahat ng ito, itong mga sinabi ko na nasimulan sa 2024. Ito po ang malaking programa ng department kasama ang local at foreign-assisted projects.”</p><p>(We have two years to implement thses, so we will finish these in 2025, the ones I mean are those that began in 2024. There are the department&#x27;s big programs, which include local and foreign-assisted projects)</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/regions/2024/11/6/marcos-jr-updated-bicol-river-basin-development-program-to-be-rolled-out-in-early-2025-1330">Marcos Jr.: Updated Bicol River Basin Development Program to be rolled out in early 2025</a></div><p>Bonoan says among the agency’s significant accomplishments in 2024 are the completion of the Palapag-Simora Bridge, which is part of the Samar Pacific Coastal Road Project in Eastern Visayas; the First Phase of the Integrated Risk Reduction Flood Management Project for low-lying areas in Pampanga; and the Flood Control Project in Cagayan de Oro.</p><div><strong>WORK ON 11 MAJOR PROJECTS SEEN TO START IN 2025<br/></strong></div><p>The DPWH is also looking to begin construction in 2025 on at least 11 major infrastructure projects, Bonoan said.</p><p>These include the 32-kilometer <a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/business/2024/7/11/construction-of-bataan-cavite-interlink-bridge-pushed-back-to-2025-1901">Bataan-Cavite Interlink Bridge</a>, work on which is projected to start in the first semester.</p><p>Once completed, the bridge will be second longest bay bridge in the world and will significantly improve traffic in Metro Manila, he said.</p><p>Another project that will begin construction this year is the 37-kilometer Panay-Guimaras-Negros Island Bridge Project, which will be financed through Official Development Assistance from the Korean Eximbank.</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/business/2024/7/19/on-the-right-track-reviewing-marcos-build-better-more-infra-program-1819">On the right track? Reviewing Marcos&#x27; &#x27;Build Better More&#x27; infra program</a></div><p>Bonoan says the government will also start the construction of the expressway from Calamba to Sucat along the Laguna Lakeshore and a fourth bridge in Cebu that will connect Mandaue City on Cebu Island to Lapu-Lapu City on Mactan Island.</p>

<p>"Eto marami po ito. Nandyan ang pagkumpuni ng kalsada, nandyan ang mga flood control, nandyan ang mga local projects and so forth and so on," Public Works Secretary Manuel Bonoan said in a televised briefing.</p>

"Eto marami po ito. Nandyan ang pagkumpuni ng kalsada, nandyan ang mga flood control, nandyan ang mga local projects and so forth and so on," Public Works Secretary Manuel Bonoan said in a televised briefing.