📋 Tender Overview
The Department of Public Works and Highways has successfully forged an agreement with the affected families of the on-going Mandulog Bridge 1 project. The latest negotiation was held on November 28 at the project site located at Barina-ut Brgy. San Roque this city.We are very much thankful to all parties involved in this negotiation particularly our PNP personnel from Station 3 led by PLt. Nathaniel Arcamo who was instrumental in the peaceful resolution of this protracted land dispute. We hope that with this agreement we can finally move forward and finish this long-overdue project for the people of Iligan expressed DPWH-10 Project Engineer Rasmia Ma-amor.The Mandulog bridge 1 project was initiated by the national government last 2012 after the old Hinaplanon bridge collapsed during the onslaught of Tropical Storm Sendong. However construction came to a halt last 2016 after landowners of the affected properties in Brgy. San Roque rejected DPWHs settlement offer.The recent agreement between all the concerned parties is a welcomed breakthrough and a step towards the completion of this vital infrastructure. We are confident that the opening of this bridge will bring about the much-needed development and new business opportunities here in Iligan City District Engineer Alykhan Ali said.The contractor for the Mandulog Bridge 1 project AdFil Corporation is racing to complete the project before the end of December 2020.We hope to open the Mandulog Bridge 1 to the public before the end of this year. This will be our Christmas gift to the good people of Iligan Project Engineer Ma-amor concluded.The opening of Mandulog Bridge 1 is expected to significantly lessen the volume of traffic in the city center of Iligan. Motorists from Marawi City Misamis Oriental and Lanao del Norte can use Mandulog Bridge 1 and the C3 road network to bypass the city center and avoid heavy traffic.With more and more motorists using the C-3 road areas along this road network will soon see new businesses spring up bringing employment opportunities and development to Iligan said District Engineer Alykhan Ali. VNLDPWH-PIO
