Скачать с ютуб Samar Pacific Coastal Road project is now 40% complete в хорошем качестве

Samar Pacific Coastal Road project is now 40% complete

The Eastern Visayas Regional Development Council (RDC) is seeking for the immediate completion of the Samar Pacific Coastal Road project worth about PHP1 billion to meet the January 2021 deadline. The Korean-funded project, which started in May 2018, is only 41-percent complete as of the end of August 2020, failing to finish the construction on March 12, 2020 as set in the original target. The contractor reported that since they started the project two years ago, 11 typhoons have hit the site, causing long delays in the implementation. The sudden unavailability of aggregates from its source in Ormoc City also contributed to the delay. In February, the city government banned the extraction of sand and gravel, citing environmental impacts. The RDC also raised its concern on how the contractor can complete the project with only a few months left from the revised deadline of January 30, 2021, set by the National Economic Development Authority. The PHP997.50-million road project, funded through a loan from the South Korean government, will open an 11.6-kilometer two-lane road, and build three bridges. The Korean contractor aimed to complete the project by March 2020. The project, which begins at the Simora junction in Laoang and Palapag towns, traverses the remote villages of Laoang, Catubig, and Palapag. Under the agreement, the DPWH shoulders the cost of road right-of-way acquisitions. To reach the capital town of Catarman, residents of Palapag and three other Pacific towns - Mapanas, Gamay, and Lapinig- need to cross a river twice through a pump boat ride. From the port in Pangpang village in Palapag town, travelers need to cross a river to Calomotan village of Laoang, then take a boat ride to the port in the town center, and ride another pump boat to cross the river going to Rawis village. 📃©️Philippine News Agency 📷©️DPWH