An official of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) said the P1.6-billion tunnel component of the Cebu South Coastal Road is now 97.5 percent complete.
An inspection team tasked to check President Gloria Arroyo’s priority projects visited the Cebu South Tunnel last Thursday.
Engr. Nilo Pamaylaon, DPWH project director, said the 2.5 percent remaining work include the control cubicle of the ventilation system, electrical control panel, telecommunications control, water pump system, generator, security cameras and emergency exit.
Maria Elena Bautista-Horn, head of the Presidential Management Staff (PMS), said Arroyo has a “big debt of gratitude†to the Cebuanos, who gave her one million votes in the last elections.
Bautista-Horn said Cebu South Tunnel and the P2.6-billion Cebu North Coastal Road project were examples that Arroyo cared for the Cebuanos.
The Cebu North Coastal Road project was among the priority projects Arroyo mentioned in her State of the Nation Address in 2007. The project was completed early this year.
Bautista-Horn said there were several projects Arroyo implemented for Cebu but the public is not aware of them.
The 1.23-kilometer tunnel project, which is called “Segment 3B-2 Subway (Tunnel) Section†connects South Road Properties, Sergio Osmeña Blvd. and the port area, was supposed to be inaugurated last April 5 to coincide with Arroyo’s birthday, but it did not push through because First Gentleman Mike Arroyo was hospitalized. - PNA
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