Panayam kay Sec. Manuel Bonoan ng DPWH ukol sa iba't ibang hamon sa pagpapatupad ng mga nakakasang programa ng DPWH

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Panayam kay Sec. Manuel Bonoan ng DPWH ukol sa iba't ibang hamon sa pagpapatupad ng mga nakakasang programa ng DPWH

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00:00In the midst of various challenges, the Department of Public Works and Highways continues to carry out its programs.

00:08Let's start with the 2024 accomplishments of the agency with DPWH Secretary Manuel Bonoan.

00:16Secretary, good afternoon and welcome to the show.

00:19Good afternoon, Joey. Good afternoon, Weng.

00:21Good afternoon, sir.

00:22Good afternoon to our viewers.

00:25Secretary, as I mentioned, let's start with the milestones of DPWH in 2024.

00:33Well, let me just start.

00:36In 2024, I think the Department of Public Works and Highways carried out more than 21,000 projects.

00:4721,000 projects that is worth more than Php 900 billion.

00:52I think about 70% of these have been already accomplished.

00:59There are a lot of projects like road construction, flood control, local projects, and so forth and so on.

01:09In 2024, we have two years to implement this.

01:23So until 2025, we will be able to finish all of these.

01:27I said that it will start in 2024, this 2025.

01:32So this is the big program that the Department is carrying out,

01:38including local and foreign-assisted projects, the big projects that we are talking about.

01:44Now, in 2024, there are a lot of significant projects that we have finished.

01:51These are included in the flagship program of this administration.

01:58Like the Panapag-Simora project that was started by the first administration.

02:08Why did we finish this?

02:10Because many of the projects that we finished in 2024, admittedly,

02:16were started by the new administration,

02:19but they were stymied with the construction when there was a pandemic in 2019, 2020, 2021, and 2022.

02:33So we continued all of these because all of these were delayed.

02:37Like the Panapag-Simora Bridge, this is in the Samar Pacific Coastal Area.

02:45This is where people have been waiting for a long time to connect because this is what we call insurgency areas at the time.

02:54So it is now accessible.

02:56We also finished the integrated risk reduction flood control management in low-lying areas, in Pampanga.

03:09In Pampanga, this is what is always flooded.

03:11There is Masantol, Makabebe, Santo Tomas.

03:14We also finished Phase 1 of that.

03:17I think this will also help in reducing the flooding in that area.

03:25We also finished that.

03:27Then here in Pampanga, there is also Phase 2 of that.

03:31This will continue next year.

03:34We also finished the flood control in Cagayan de Oro.

03:40This flood control in Cagayan de Oro was finished in 2024.

03:47This is the flood control that was done because of the Typhoon Sendong that killed 1,400 people.

03:56This was actually a very important project that was done, but it was finished.

04:03The people in Misamis Oriental and Cagayan de Oro were very, very happy to see that it is already a completed project

04:12and already protecting the areas that were flooded before.

04:17That is what is important, Sir Weng.

04:20Not only to see the project itself, the tangible, but also to feel the impact or effect of it on the majority,

04:30especially in the areas that are flooded.

04:33That's true.

04:34Sir, in Build Better More, how many of those are you saying that you just continued,

04:39that it is already a project of the previous administration?

04:42In the past three years, Sir, many have been inaugurated.

04:47How many of those were just continued?

04:49And how many were ground-breaking that somehow, how many percent were already done?

04:55This is what we did.

04:57This is what I am saying that was finished in 2024, or mostly this was the beginning.

05:03But as I said, it was a failure.

05:05Like one of the most significant projects that was finished in 2024 is the Pangil Bay Bridge.

05:11Yes.

05:12This is the three-kilometer bridge that connects Los Angeles Occidental and Lanao del Norte.

05:21And this has also been a very important bridge connection between these two areas.

05:28They have been planning this project for a long time.

05:32And they were very, very happy actually.

05:34This bridge is now becoming a tourist spot in that area.

05:40It is a big help, Sir, because of the crossing of these bridges.

05:42It is a big help because when before, you would have to go around for more than two hours.

05:49Or barge.

05:50Or barge.

05:51But now it is only seven minutes to cross that bridge.

05:55So, it is a big help for them.

05:57I think Weng tried it.

05:59I didn't try it.

06:01When it was inaugurated, we were supposed to cross it.

06:04When we were about to cross it, the scaffolding fell down because the organizer of the event was about to fall.

06:12So, we closed it.

06:13I barged to go to them.

06:15So, that is the big difference.

06:17The time we spent at the port, crossing the barge.

06:22Our time there was too long.

06:24We were supposed to cross it.

06:25It was only seven minutes.

06:26Aside from the convenience that is already felt by these provinces and these regions,

06:34actually, it will certainly contribute to the economic development.

06:40Yes.

06:41That is important.

06:42That is important.

06:43Sir, you mentioned the Pangil Bay Bridge.

06:45There is also the Bataan-Kavite Interlink Bridge and the Panay-Gimaras Negros Island Bridge Project.

06:52So, are you expecting this year that this will start?

06:56Yes.

06:57These are the two main game-changing projects.

07:04Out of the, I think, 11 big projects that we will start in 2025, this will be the biggest.

07:16Now, Bataan-Kavite Interlink Bridge is a 32-kilometer bridge that will cut across Manila Bay.

07:24We will start the construction within the first semester of this year.

07:30We have already bid for it.

07:35The construction will start within the first semester of this year.

07:39At the same time, we will bid for other sections so that this will be a sequential implementation.

07:48Once this project is completed, this is what we are saying.

07:52We are proud to say that the Bataan-Kavite Interlink Bridge will be the second-longest bay bridge in the world.

08:01So, this is game-changing.

08:03Sir, how long will the trip be?

08:06For now, it will take 4 hours from Manila going to the other side.

08:11It will take you only about 40 minutes.

08:1440 minutes? So, it will take less than an hour, sir?

08:16It will take less than an hour from Manila going to the other side.

08:20From Manila, but to cross the bridge, it is actually 32 kilometers.

08:25So, it will be less than 40 minutes.

08:28These are our game-changing projects.

08:31And this project will definitely improve the traffic congestion problems in Metro Manila.

08:39Because there, the cargo vehicles and things like this will be shipped.

08:45That's what's good about it. It's not a single-purpose project.

08:48The idea is that the bridge will cut travel time, but it will also have a corollary effect in the surrounding areas.

08:57Exactly.

08:58Aside from the economic impact that it will be brought by this bridge, the bridge can…

09:03The Panay-Gimaras-Negros project is the same.

09:08Yes.

09:09Also, this is going to be a game-changing bridge project.

09:12And I think we are now in the process of preparing this bridge.

09:17We hope that we can possibly start even the Ilo-Ilo to Gimaras.

09:24Ilo to Gimaras, right?

09:26Yes. I think the entire length of this bridge is about 37 kilometers.

09:33But there is a road connection in Gimaras.

09:37But this is also a game-changing project.

09:40They have been planning this for a long time, in Region 6.

09:45Region 6, and then the NIR, Negros…

09:50Island.

09:51Island. It's now a region.

09:54So when is the target to finish this, in Gimaras and Mataan Cavite?

09:59Mataan Cavite, we will try our best to significantly complete within the term of the President because we have only three years.

10:07And this is going to be a big project in time.

10:11What we can be sure of is that we will see the pylons where you are going to connect to the cable-stayed sections.

10:19It's the same in Gimaras and Negros.

10:23These are the big projects.

10:26You also mentioned the other bridges.

10:30We are also doing the expressway from Calamba to Sukata along the Laguna Lake shore.

10:40We will start this year.

10:43This is financed by the Asian Development Bank and the Korean Exim Bank.

10:48By the way, Mataan Cavite is financed by the Asian Development Bank and Gimaras is financed by the Korean Exim Bank.

10:58All of these are official development assistance so we are assured of the financing program of these bridges.

11:03We will also do the Davao to Samal.

11:09This is ongoing.

11:13In a couple of years, we might be able to finish this.

11:19We will also start to construct, I think, by this year, another fort bridge in Cebu.

11:26This is from Mandawi to Mactan.

11:31All these things will grow.

11:35We also mentioned what we will start in 2024.

11:40The President wants us to improve the riding quality of EDSA.

11:46We will rehabilitate the entire EDSA starting 2025.

11:53Because now, when you go to EDSA, sometimes it's hard to text the driver.

12:03So I think it's about time that we need to rehabilitate EDSA once and for all.

12:09Sir, from Metro Manila, Luzon, Visayas, we will go to Mindanao.

12:14How are the DPWH projects there for the construction of Marawi?

12:20Yes.

12:21The role of the DPWH in Marawi is the road.

12:29The main roads in Marawi City.

12:34But we are also helping in the rehabilitation of the buildings that were damaged.

12:39So this is still ongoing.

12:41And I think we have gained grounds in implementing all the road projects there.

12:48In Marawi, including the roads going to the other sides.

12:53Like Llano del Norte or Llano del Sur.

12:59It's still ongoing.

13:00I think in a couple of years, it should be finished.

13:04I think, admittedly, we had some problems before.

13:08Because, as you know, Marawi was actually a military camp.

13:15And there has been some problems with the titulo.

13:23But I think it has been arranged.

13:26So it's still ongoing in Marawi.

13:28In the projects mentioned by Sec. Manny Nguyen,

13:33not only Metro Manila and Luzon,

13:36we have already discussed in Visayas, and now in Mindanao.

13:40So the whole Philippines.

13:42Yes.

13:43In Mindanao, I failed to mention, actually, in Davao,

13:46there is a big project that we are implementing in Davao City.

13:50This is actually the Davao City Bypass.

13:53This is financed by the Japanese government.

13:56Bypassing, because there is a lot of traffic inside Davao.

14:00So they are already doing the Davao City Bypass.

14:04That will involve the construction of the longest tunnel so far.

14:09Two kilometers of tunneling.

14:12Twin-tube. Twin-tube tunnel.

14:15But here in Japan, I think we are now in the process of preparing

14:20the Dalton Pass project here in Megagayan Valley.

14:26That will also involve the construction of several bridges

14:30and a four-kilometer tunneling project.

14:34So all these are in the process of preparation.

14:38So in all of that, sir, what are the steps that DPWH has taken

14:41to ensure the quality of the road projects and the real ones that have been completed?

14:46This is what our President is concerned about.

14:49Because of the climate change phenomenon that we are facing,

14:54we have to make sure that the infrastructure projects that we are going to do

14:58are weather-resilient.

15:01And really durable.

15:04We have to use improved technologies in infrastructure construction

15:13so that we can withstand the climate change phenomenon

15:18that is visiting the country all over the world.

15:22That is what the President wants.

15:25Sec. Manning, we mentioned the projects that were completed in 2024.

15:30We have already started the projects that will be laid out in 2025.

15:35Yesterday, in the full cabinet meeting, the President mentioned

15:40that we need to find a way to reduce or cut the budget,

15:45especially in the maintenance of roads, the routine maintenance of bridges,

15:52and for the feasibility studies or the preliminary engineering funds.

16:00So what are the details about this and how can we reduce the funds?

16:10This is what the President is concerned about.

16:14I think he is worried about all this.

16:17Because this is the support to operations.

16:21And we need these funds to implement all these projects.

16:26So what the President is concerned about in the cabinet meeting

16:31is that we have to make sure that we can return all these funds.

16:35This is what we discussed with the Department of Budget and Management.

16:39Because the Department of Budget and Management will be preparing guidelines

16:43on how the funds will be recovered over the years.

16:49But just like what we experienced in 2024,

16:54I think DBM was actually very supportive.

16:59And even if not all the funds were recovered,

17:03I think we were substantially complete with the projects they recovered

17:08for our operational support.

17:10Sir, in the opening of this year, what are the projects that are expected to be completed in 2025?

17:16And when will these be completed? Just an estimate.

17:19Well, in terms of the flagship projects,

17:25as I said, I think there are several bridges that we are hoping that we can complete.

17:30I think there is one bridge in Sulu.

17:35There are three bridges that are being constructed now in Sulu.

17:39One of them will be completed.

17:43There is also a bridge in Sambuanga-Cebugay.

17:47This is the big bridge that will interconnect the main island of Sambuanga Peninsula

17:53to the island of Ulotanga.

17:55This is also a game-changing bridge.

18:01And I think partly we should be able to complete the rehabilitation of EDSA.

18:07So those are the big projects.

18:11And there are many projects that we will start actually in 2024,

18:15like what I said earlier, that we will start.

18:19By the way, by 2025,

18:25we might be able to complete the Central Luzon Expressway project.

18:33This is the project from Tarlac going to Cabanatuan.

18:38This is, I think, about 30 or 40 kilometers.

18:42An expressway along that corridor.

18:45So that it will not turn from Tarlac going to Nevesiha.

18:52This is the expressway.

18:54It will also be completed by this year.

18:57In 2024, the next typhoon hit our country,

19:02and we were also part of a PCOOC debriefing in Camp Aguinaldo.

19:07You always talk about flood control projects and the master plan for flood control.

19:15What is the status of this and what are we expecting this year?

19:19Well, this is the President's order.

19:27We have to address our flood control projects.

19:31It should be also resilient and it will be implemented holistically.

19:39We know that the engineering solution is just one of the components

19:45to address the flood mitigation problems because of the climate change phenomenon.

19:53We are still continuing to address our river basins program.

20:00This will be the integrated approach of flood management.

20:06Like here in Metro Manila, we will be continuing with the Pasig-Marikina flood control program.

20:12For 2025, I think,

20:19what we are doing in the department,

20:24we are accompanying about 37 pumping stations.

20:28The original pumping stations.

20:30These pumping stations have been there a long time ago

20:33and we need to increase their carrying capacity and pumping capacity.

20:40So out of the 37, 15 have already been completed,

20:46and the rest will be completed within the year

20:49so that we can continue to address the flooding problems in Metro Manila.

20:57At the same time, as the President said,

21:00we have to approach it somehow, not just the engineering solutions.

21:09Here in Metro Manila, we are planning, as the President said,

21:15maybe you should look if we can build infrastructure facilities

21:22that will impound projects in the watershed.

21:26So the watershed of Metro Manila is the Sierra Madre Mountains.

21:30Maybe we will install three dams there in the Sierra Madre Mountains

21:39so that the floodwaters will be impounded temporarily there

21:45in those dams that do not continue to flow in Metro Manila.

21:50So that is what we are doing.

21:52But at any rate, this is what we are saying,

21:55that it has to be done holistically.

21:57Environmental issues like garbage should be improved.

22:05So I think that is what we need to address.

22:09It's a waste. I still have a lot to ask you, sir.

22:12Anyway, sir, thank you very much for your time.

22:15It's a waste of our time.

22:17Thank you to all of you, to our countrymen,

22:20DPWH Secretary Manuel Bonoan.

22:31It is clear that DPWH has been working hard

22:36in implementing various programs,

22:39just like other agencies.

22:41Here in our segment, Mission to Accomplish,

22:45we will take a deep breath of laughter

22:48to improve the new Philippines and the lives of our countrymen.

22:53So, Secretary Bonoan,

22:55what are the three things that you want to accomplish,

22:59not just in 2025,

23:01but maybe until the full term of President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr.?

23:08Well, this is our mandate in the Department of Public Works and Highways

23:13that we will do all the infrastructure projects

23:17so that we can help to pursue the 8-point socioeconomic agenda of the President

23:27for the economic development of our country.

23:31And what we can assure, actually,

23:34is that the Department of Public Works and Highways

23:37will be undertaking all these projects in the most professional,

23:41most transparent way

23:43so that we can see all the changes in the infrastructure sector in our country.

23:50This is for all of us.

23:52I hope that from Mission to Accomplish, it will be Mission Accomplished.

23:56Mission Accomplished.

23:57Mission Accomplished.

23:58Yes.

23:59Okay, sir. Thank you again for your time.

24:01DPWH Secretary Manuel Bonoan.

24:03Thank you, sir.

24:04Thank you, too.

Panayam kay Sec. Manuel Bonoan ng DPWH ukol sa iba't ibang hamon sa pagpapatupad ng mga nakakasang programa ng DPWH

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