The city government here has started the construction of a multimillion-peso bridge to replace a spillway that was damaged by Typhoon Pablo in late 2012.
Traffic along Colon Street has been closed to give way to the construction of a full span concrete bridge at the back of Foundation University. It will connect the villages of Taclobo and Bagacay.
The Colon Bridge project is locally funded with some PHP20 million.
Mayor Felipe Antonio Remollo earlier said the contractor, Joint Venture of Jaime Ching Enterprises and Supreme Mega Structure Builders, Inc., must complete the project within 299 calendar days, “barring any fortuitous event”.
Meanwhile, the city government has scheduled the bidding for the BIR Bridge project on Oct. 10, with a budget of PHP43.6 million.
The full span concrete bridge will replace the existing spillway connecting the villages of Bagacay and Batinguel passing through the road where the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) office is located, hence the name of the bridge.
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The BIR spillway was also damaged during the onslaught of Typhoon Pablo although it remains passable to four-wheel vehicles unlike the Colon spillway.
At least five construction firms participated in last week’s pre-bid conference, namely, Uy Condev Corporation, PhilSouth Builders, Supreme Mega Structure Builders, Inc., VVER Construction, and Mighty Hok Summit Construction and Development Corporation.
Both bridge projects across the Banica River are expected to declog the traffic in this capital city once they are completed as these connect to road arteries for those traveling to other parts of Negros Oriental without having to pass through the city’s main thoroughfares.
Residents welcomed the bridge projects because in the past, especially during typhoons or bad weather, both spillways would overflow and become impassable due to flooding of the Banica River. (Judy F. Partlow/PNA)
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