2nd flyover to rise in Iloilo City
Iloilo City will have its second flyover project under the forthcoming Mega Bridges for Urban and Rural Development Project funded by the French government. It will be implemented by the President’s Bridge Program which is under the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH).
In yesterday’s interview, Mayor Jerry Treñas said he received a communication from Emil Sadain, executive director of the President’s Bridge Program, of their plan to construct another flyover for Iloilo City. The cost of the project was not stipulated in the letter sent by Sadain to the chief executive.
In the proposal, Sadain identified the proposed site of the flyover project at the General Luna-Jalandoni Street junctions. At the same time, Sadain requested from the city government for a possible assistance for the Woodfields Consultants Incorporated, project consultant.
The Woodfields Consultants Inc. and their employed geotechnical and material testing company will conduct soil/geotechnical investigation on the proposed project site prior to the final construction. The soil/geotechnical investigation will determine the design of the structure.
The District Engineer through Engr.Manuel Ticao Jr. informed Treñas that the site surveys, soil/geotechnical investigations and compliance for the issuance of an Environmental Compliance Certificate (ECC) are soon to be carried out.
However,Treñas said they prefer to build the fly-over at the Taft North-Diversion Road area. He has already discussed the matter with Councilor Erwin Plagata, head of the Traffic Technical Working Group on the proposed construction of another flyover project.
They will confer their preferences with the project proponent. The flyover project is a national government project and the city has no financial counterpart for its construction.
The mayor envisioned that once the flyover project is constructed along the Taft-North-Diversion Road, traffic flow will improve in the area.
Iloilo City's first flyover was constructed at the junction of General Luna and Infante streets, which is worth over P400 million.