Mindanaotoday.com | DBM bares P33.208-B for Oro ‘hard’ projects
Thirteen multi-million ongoing and 10 other proposed infrastructure projects in Cagayan de Oro are funded and earmarked for a total funding of P33.208 billion by the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) this year and next fiscal year.
DBM Undersecretary Wilford Will Wong, in a news conference in Cagayan de Oro on Wednesday, October 25, said the P16.220-billion worth of infrastructure projects consist of four roads, five flood controls, four water systems, among other infrastructures.
These, he said, are being undertaken by the Department of Public Works and Highways Northern Mindanao, as listed under the 2023 General Appropriations Act.
He enumerated four of the major road projects as the Butuan City-Cagayan de Oro City – Iligan City Road, P44 million; Cagayan de Oro-Airport-Bukidnon Road, P25 million; Lumbia-Uguiaban By-Pass Road, P50 million; and the Construction of Bypass Road-Junction Butuan City, P50 million.
Five flood control system projects got a combined allocation of P195 million. These are the Rehabilitation of Iponan Flood Control Works, P25 million; Construction of New Drainage Line along Seriña Street from Villarin Street to Cagayan de Oro River, P50 million; Construction of Flood Mitigation Structure along Iponan River, P50 million; Construction of Flood Control Structure along Acacia Extension, Carmen, P20 million; and Construction of Drainage System, Zone 2, Canito-an, P50 million.
The DBM has allocated P200 million four water supply system projects in Cagayan de Oro that are being developed with P50-million budget in Barangays Balubal, Cugman, Puerto, and Tablon.
For instance, the Balubal Water Supply System Project intends to tap a source from nearby Manolo Fortich town of Bukidnon, involving some 13-kilometer pipe connections passing through several communities in Barangay Balubal toward its border with Barangay Agusan.
Wong also disclosed that his agency has earmarked a total of P16.888 billion for various proposed infrastructure projects that would be implemented by the DPWH Northern Mindanao within fiscal year 2024.
These projects are the Butuan City-Cagayan de Oro City-Iligan City Road, P30 million; Cagayan de Oro Airport-Bukidnon Road, P15 million; Carmen-Patag-Bulua Road, P25 million; Marcos Bridge along Butuan City-Cagayan de Oro City-Iligan City Road, P50 million; Cagayan de Oro Coastal Road (Gusa-Igpit Section) Macabalan, P169 million; Cagayan de Oro Coastal Road (Puerto-Gusa Section) Package 7, P200 million; Cagayan de Oro Coastal Road (Puerto-Gusa Section), Package 8, P200 million; Cagayan de Oro Diversion Road Extension, P100 million; and Tagoloan Bridge along Butuan City-Cagayan de Oro City-Iligan City Road, P337 million.
Meanwhile, P3,696 billion has been earmarked for the foreign-assisted Flood Risk Management Project for Cagayan de Oro, in partnership with the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA).
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