CITY OF MALOLOS—Not only unabated worse flooding disrupts and burdens the daily lives of residents in Bulacan but even heavy traffic congestion along major roads and highways brought by slow-paced flood control-warer receptor and road projects of the national government.
But on Friday, night time works on the slowed down and delayed road construction of flood control-water interceptor projects along the MacArthur highway in Barangays Bulihan and Dakila has started after Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Bulacan 1st District Engineering Office (DEO) OIC Head Jayson Jauco ordered ARL Construction to hasten up the works to ease the heavy traffic woes of motorists and residents.
Jauco, who is also the Construction Section chief of the DPWH Region 3 office also ordered AESIC Construction to fast-track the completion its road reblocking works near San Pablo Intersection which had also cause heavy traffic flow in the area.
Jauvo met early during the day the project engineers and site inspectors of two construction firms o address the traffic concerns of the motorists in the almost 24-hour busy highway.
“It is important that we address this for the welfare of motorists and affected residents. We need to enforce proper traffic management protocols and construction methodologies to prevent accidents, reduce obstructions, and complete this project at the soonest possible time,” Jauco said.
The projects started early to second quarter of the year, but delays in the works leave motorists to brace a daily 20 minute to even up to more than an hour traffic congestion from all the three construction areas.
The projects have 10 month construction and completion period but motorists have noticed the slow pacing in the works which prolonged the daily traffic congestion.
Malolos, the capital city of Bulacan where the Capitol is located and the center of all national government agency branch offices in the province is home to about 30-40 huge and small commercial banks, universities including Bulacan State University with more than 40,000 students in its Malolos Main Campus, about ten malls, supermakets and department stores and about 200 fast food chains and local and well known fine dining restaurants and the Barasoain Church, the province and the country’s historical location treasure and other numerous significant heritage and cultural sites is already marred by serious heavy traffic on a daily basis even without any road constructions.
Jauco added that the district office will closely monitor the contractors’ compliance with these directives to safeguard the public and minimize inconvenience to road users.
Jauco was given the concurrent assignment on Aug. 11 together with Anatolio Mendiola Jr., as OIC assistant district engineer of the DPWH First Bulacan DEO after its former DE Brice Hearnandez, his assistant DE Jaypee Mendoza and the six section chiefs were given floating status work orders following discoveries by President Marcos of ghost flood control projects in Bulacan first district.
