DPWH asked to defer projects around Mandaue-Mactan bridge

Victor Anthony V. Silva 04/04/2016

The Mactan-Cebu Bridge Management Board (MCBMB) sought the postponement of road projects around the first Mactan-Mandaue Bridge while repairs on it are ongoing. Engr. Pericles Dakay, MCBMB vice chairman, said the regional Department of he Public Works…

REPAIRS START

Nestle Semilla, Victor Anthony V. Silva 04/01/2016

Traffic is expected to remain moderate when major repairs on the first Mandaue-Mactan Bridge resume today, but the safety of the settlers under the structure is emerging to be a concern. Before contractor Jegma Construction and Development…

Token assistance

04/01/2016

Today a lot of families living under the Mandaue-Mactan bridge will have to move out to give way to a contractor’s crew that will finally proceed with the long-delayed repairs on the structure in order to meet…

Mandaue-Mactan bridge repairs to resume on April 2

Victor Anthony V. Silva 03/22/2016

Repairs on the Mandaue-Mactan Bridge will resume on April 2, Saturday. This was confirmed during a stakeholders meeting at the Department of Public Works Central Visayas (DPWH 7) office on Tuesday afternoon. “There’s no other perfect time…

Partial bridge closure for repairs set in April

Jhunnex Napallacan, Nestle Semilla, Victor Anthony V. Silva 03/18/2016

The Department of Public Works and Highways in Central Visayas (DPWH 7) will partially close the  first Mandaue-Mactan Bridge next month to resume major repair works on the structure. All concerns related to the project would have…

NO WAY

Nestle L. Semilla 02/27/2016

The families that have settled under the first Mandaue-Mactan Bridge have decided to leave their safety up to fate and will just pray that no accident will happen when the repair of the bridge will go full…

No funds for bridge families -DPWH

Nestle L. Semilla 02/26/2016

The Mandaue City government will have to take care of families living under the old Mandaue-Mactan bridge who will be displaced during the repair of the bridge that connects Mactan Island from mainland Cebu. Engr. Renult Ricardo,…

Two lanes in South Coastal Road closed to traffic

Jose Santino S. Bunachita 02/23/2016

Two of the four-lane approaches leading to the Cebu South Coastal Road (CSCR) Tunnel in Cebu City were closed for a road concreting project in the area, the Cebu City Transportation Office confirmed today. CCTO operations chief…

Jegma exec: We can work 24/7

Victor Anthony V. Silva 02/20/2016

An executive of Jegma Construction and Development Corp. (JCDC) said they have the capability to undertake a project for 24 hours every day of the week. The executive, who declined to be identified because she was not…

Bridge work might affect Cebu-Mactan power line

Vanessa Claire Lucero, Victor Anthony V. Silva 02/19/2016

Aside from a water transmission line, a 69-kilovolt (KV) power line is also at risk of being damaged once major repair works resume on the Mandaue-Mactan Bridge. Roger Lim, CEO and president of East Asia Utilities Corp.,…

Consult mayors, Rama tells DPWH

Jose Santino S. Bunachita, Nestle L. Semilla 02/19/2016

LOCAL officials should be consulted before the implementation of national government projects, Cebu City Mayor Michael Rama said yesterday. Rama reacted to Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Secretary Rogelio Singson’s appeal to the public not…

Unnoticed

02/19/2016

When the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) raised the alarm bells over the delay in the repair of the Mandaue-Mactan bridge, they made little mention, if at all, of the 47 families that lived under…

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