What are right-of-way (ROW) costs doing embedded in several infrastructure projects of the Department of Public Works and Highways for 2021?
Sen. Panfilo Lacson raised this issue early Thursday in his interpellation of the agency’s proposed budget for the coming year.
“Napansin namin may naka-embed sa ibang projects na ROW… In spite of P11.455B na naka-separate for ROW (in the 2020 budget), may embedded sa road construction na ROW,” Lacson said.
He noted the DPWH had removed the inclusion of ROW in road construction and rehab after he brought up the issue in 2017 and 2018, and pointed out that under the law, projects cannot start until the ROW issue is settled.
Yet, he said the 2020 budget has an allocation for ROW under support operations, amounting to P11.455 billion.
On the other hand, he noted that for 2021, the DPWH is asking for P22 billion for the purpose, but the Senate committee deducted some P4 billion.
“I will agree with you masyadong malaki ang P22B kasi may naka-embed pa within projects. And we’d like to get details of those projects with embedded ROW costs,” Lacson said.
Samples of projects with “ROW Acquisition” under the “Type of Work/Physical Target” include the Buenavista-Bolong Bypass Road Package 2 in Zamboanga City where the project had a total ROW acquisition cost of P10,001,014.
Other examples included the Legazpi City Coastal Road in Albay with a ROW acquisition cost of PP5,943,000; and the Naga Junction Magarao-Canamann-Libmanann Jct. PPH Road (Skybridge) in Camarines, with a ROW acquisition cost of P5M
Source: Latest Politics News Today (Politics.com.ph)
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