DAVAO CITY—The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) here in Region 11 remains confident of meeting its 2015 accomplishment target despite a slow start in the first quarter.
DPWH 11 Regional Director Mariano Alquiza said the DPWH 11, which has a P15-billion budget allocation for infrastructure projects for Davao region this year, has accomplished 2.5 percent of the lined-up infra projects.
“This year DPWH 11 has 723 big infrastructure projects, of which 183 projects have been already been started, while 534 infrastructure projects have yet to start construction,” he said in an interview.
Citing last year’s accomplishment in the first quarter with only 0.9 percent, Alquiza said works picked up in July with 60-percent accomplishment rate. “We’re confident we can catch up in the second quarter this year,” he said.