DPWH exec cites defective roads built by Hanjin 08/23/2011

DPWH exec cites defective roads built by Hanjin

08/23/2011
Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) officer in Region X cited 16 defective portions of the three road projects built by Hanjin Heavy Industries and Construction Company Limited in Lanao del Norte province for the past years.

Khalil Sultan, DPWH Region X officer, discovered the defective roads following the inspection conducted by DPWH, together with the provincial and Oriental Consultant International and Hanjin inspection teams, based on the complaints aired by the residents, local and provincial leaders and commuters.

Hanjin Co. constructed the Metro Iligan Regional Infrastructure Development Project (MIRIDP), about 55 kilometers stretch from Tagoloan to Linamon town, covering the interior towns of the province. The road project also was in preparation for the construction and completion of Metro Iligan Agri-Industrial Center (MIRAIC), an agri-industrial manufacturing plant located in Linamon, to pump prime the economic development of the province and the safe passage of commuters as well.

Sultan’s recommendation to Hanjin Co. that it should renovate and restore the destroyed portions of the road projects as it is their obligation to do it based on the memorandum of agreement (MoA) entered into between Lanao del Norte provincial government and Hanjin Co. which is to maintain the road projects for at least one year..... MORE

Source:  The Daily Tribune

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