The Department of Public Works and Highways ate hoping to finish its 23 kilometer road project this year which would link the provinces of Maguindanao, Sultan Kudarat and Davao Del Sur.
“Traversing the mountainous towns of the three provinces, the Datu-Paglas-Colombio-Matanao Road will be completed this year,” DPWH Secretary Mark Villar said in a statement.
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The project costs Php1.1 billion and is now at 91.23 per cent completed.
Once the project is completed the travel time from Tacurong City, Sultan Kudarat to Matanao, Davao del Sur will be cut from four hours and 10 minutes to only two hours and 20 minutes.
The concrete road is already completed starting from the municipality of Datu Paglas in Maguindanao. The concreting is now nearing the town of Matanao, Davao del Sur.
The DPWH also eyes the construction of two bridges under the road project.
“The improvement in inter-regional connectivity and mobility will facilitate better economic opportunities and easy access to government services, thus, alleviate the lives of those living in the once considered fur-flung communities in the regions of Central Mindanao, Soccsksargen, and Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM),” Villar added. (TDT)
