The Cebu City Government is rushing the bidding of some P200 million worth of infrastructure projects, including road repair works, and will award the contracts before the Commission on Elections (Comelec) ban on infrastructure projects takes effect on Friday.
Around P115 million worth of projects will be undertaken at the South Road Properties (SRP), P50 million at the North Reclamation Area (NRA) and some P31 million in the different barangays.
Cebu City Administrator Francisco Fernandez said the bids and awards committee (BAC) will award the contract to the winning bidders of the different projects either at the latest by Wednesday so the project can be implemented even during the campaign period.
The city is set to fix the roads, drainage and lights in the NRA using the P50-million advance tax payments that SM Prime Holdings Inc. made last month.
SM City-Cebu is situated at the NRA.
At the SRP, the city will also construct two industrial roads with sidewalks and drainage costing P24.4 million, white-sand beach at Kawit Island costing P15.3 million, welcome hill with tower worth P28.9 million, a jetty in Pond F worth P35 million, back-up water system in Kawit worth P748,000 and the second phase of the senior citizens building costing P10.6 million.
When the local campaign period starts on Friday, public officials or employees, including barangay officials and those of government-owned or controlled corporations and their subsidiaries, are prohibited form releasing, disbursing or expending public funds for any and all kinds of public works.
The Commission on Elections (Comelec), however, exempts work undertaken by contract through public bidding held, or by negotiated contract awarded before March 26, 2010. - pna
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