By Dominic B. dela Cruz
Staff reporter
DEPARTMENT of Public Works
and Highways (DPWH) 2nd engineering district chief Engr. Mathias L.
Malenab confirmed that they received the letter from San Nicolas Mayor Melanie
Grace P. Valdez concerning the road widening project.
The said letter, which
contains a resolution passed by the Sangguniang Bayan, requests the DPWH to
preserve the sidewalk along the vicinities of San Nicolas Elem. School, Sta.
Rosa Academy, the public plaza and the Municipal Hall.
The said resolution also
requests the DPWH to put a drainage system along the affected sites and to require
contractors to put up warning devices and signage during the implementation of
the road widening project.
Mr. Malenab thanked the San
Nicolas mayor and the municipal council and assured that he would respond to
the letter officially immediately.
He said he would send a
project engineer to determine the extent of the areas mentioned in the letter
as he also promised that they will not touch the specific sidewalks.
Likewise, Mr. Malenab also
promised to look for funding for the establishment of a drainage system.
As for the warning devices
and signage, the engineer said they have sufficient material for them.
He also disclosed that his
project engineer and the engineer of the winning contractor paid a courtesy
call to Ms. Valdez to discuss the said project.
However, he said the project
engineer failed to discuss the scope of the project to the mayor and this later
became a problem.
As a result, Mr. Malenab said
this would serve as a lesson for them to further improve their coordination
with local government units on DPWH projects.
San Lorenzo Bridge still not completed.
Meanwhile, Mr. Malenab confirmed that the San Lorenzo Bridge, also
in San Nicolas, Ilocos Norte, still only has two lanes.
In view of this, he said the
DPWH will start computation for the contractor’s penalty on March 1.
He said that the liquidated
damages will only be computed until the project is 100 percent complete.
Record shows that the project
should have been completed on February 27, 2015 and penalties will be computed
for every day of the delay based on Republic Act 9814’s provisions.
Mr. Malenab estimates that
two percent remains to be completed and is hopeful that the project would be
finished soon.
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