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.,…

Contractor worked on 18 projects prior to bridge repair

Victor Anthony V. Silva 02/17/2016

THE contractor for the Mandaue-Mactan Bridge repairs project had worked on 18 projects worth P390 million with the regional and Cebu City offices of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) from 2008-2012. Angelie Alonzo, corporate…

Alternative solutions sought for worsening metro traffic

Nestle Semilla, Vanessa Claire Lucero, Victor Anthony V. Silva 02/15/2016

A leader of the Cebu business community called on both the city governments of Mandaue and Lapu-Lapu and other agencies to find ways to solve the traffic problem in the two cities now that repairs at the…

DPWH TO MCWD: You have until Friday

Victor Anthony V. Silva 02/11/2016

THE Metropolitan Cebu Water District (MCWD) was given until Friday to come up with a plan to replace the pipeline support for its water lines located under the old Mandaue-Mactan Bridge. Ador Canlas, Central Visayas director of…

Commuters forced to walk as congestion worsens

Doris C. Bongcac, Nestle L. Semilla, Victor Anthony V. Silva 02/09/2016

Dianne Rose Gador usually takes a 10-minute ride to reach the University of Cebu Lapu-Lapu-Mandaue (UCLM)  campus where she is taking an education course. But yesterday, she walked from her home at the end of the old…

United front

02/09/2016

The latest word concerning the traffic congestion caused by the partial closure of the Mactan-Mandaue Bridge was that the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) agreed to open one lane to those coming from Lapu-Lapu City…

DPWH 7 worried about delay in bridge repair

Nestle L. Semilla 12/13/2015

Minor repairs started on first Mandaue-Mactan bridge THE Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) 7 voiced concern over requests by local officials to delay the repair of the first Mandaue-Mactan bridge. He said this would  only…

Mandaue pushes bridge repair; Lapu-Lapu wants it postponed

Nestle L. Semilla 12/04/2015

IF postponed, the planned repairs on the first Mandaue-Mactan Bridge may have to be undertaken simultaneously with the upgrading of A. Soriano Ave. in Mandaue City. This would cause a major traffic problem in both Mandaue and…

DPWH says repairs on Mandaue-Mactan bridge soon

Norman V. Mendoza 11/20/2015

ACCESS to the Mandaue-Mactan bridge will soon be restricted anew due to scheduled repairs at the access road approach in the Mandaue City side. The Department of Public Works and Highways  7 (DPWH 7) began working on…

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