Philippines Dgte Bridges Tender

Dumaguete City expects to complete the twin bridge projects worth P74.7 million within this year to ease traffic congestion in the downtown area.The first construction of full span concrete bridge at the back of Foundation University with a budget of P24.7 million is now open for bidding this week.Once the bidding is found to be responsive the Citys Bids and Awards Committee BAC will award the project that is expected to be finished in 213 working days.Negotiations are also ongoing with some lot owners so they would allow portions of their properties to serve as temporary ingress egress and regress of the residents who will need alternate routes once the interior roads will be closed to traffic as soon as construction begins. Mayor Felipe Antonio Remollo said that the next project to be subjected to public bidding will be the P50-million construction of a concrete full span bridge over Banica River connecting barangays Batinguel and Bagacay near the Bureau of Internal Revenue including acquisition of road-right-of-way and other incidental expenses. With these projects Remollo said the traffic will also be reduced and safety of the motorists will be guaranteed despite rising floodwater during heavy downpour.