Progress of the Panguil Bay Bridge Project, the longest water-spanning bridge in Northern Mindanao, is now more visible at 63 percent complete as the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) has started constructing the bridge top slab on both ends in Tangub City, Misamis Occidental and Tubod, Lanao del Norte. As per DPWH, with round-the-clock construction work, the goal of the first traffic crossing the bridge by first half of 2024 could be achieved.
DPWH Senior Undersecretary Emil K. Sadain in his latest report to DPWH Secretary Manuel M. Bonoan said that bored piling works on the seabed for the 32 pylon, a structure that provides support for the 3.17-kilometer bridge across Panguil Bay, are all completed and a lot of machinery for bridge construction are in full gear working forward to the main bridge pylons 1 and 2.
Senior Usec Sadain during his recent inspection last Thursday, March 9, 2023 has instructed anew the contractor Namkwang Engineering & Construction Corporation in Joint Venture with Kukdong Engineering & Construction Co., Ltd. and Gumgwang Construction Co., Ltd. as well as engineering consultant Yooshin Engineering Corporation in joint venture with Pyunghwa Engineering Consultants Ltd. and Kyong-Ho Engineering & Architects Co., Ltd to complete the work at an accelerated pace.
A flagship infrastructure project, the two-way two-lane Panguil Bay Bridge will reduce travel time between Tangub City in Misamis Occidental and Tubod, Lanao del Norte to just 7 minutes.
Present connectivity between Ozamis City/Tangub City and Tubod through Roll-On, Roll Off (RoRo) vessel is about one (1) and a half hour to two (2) and a half hour including loading and unloading time while land travel over a distance of 100 kilometer is at two (2) to two (2) and a half hour.
Costing ₱7.37 Billion and funded by a loan agreement between Government of the Philippines (GOP) and Korean Export-Import Bank (Korea Eximbank), the project will enhance transportation capacity and efficiency in contributing to Mindanao socio-economic development.
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