Citing a COA report, Sen. Tolentino said the DPWH was unable to establish the technical viability of projects, resulting in delayed completion and non-implementation of 3,440 infrastructure projects worth around P255 billion.
Citing a Commission on Audit report, Tolentino said the DPWH was unable to establish the technical viability of projects, resulting in delayed completion and non-implementation of 3,440 infrastructure projects worth around P255 billion.
In response, DPWH Secretary Manny Bonoan said there were “intervening reasons” behind the delay of the projects. “I think this is correct because many of the projects as we noted, actually, these projects were actually incorporated in the budget without a preliminary assessment from the start,” he said.
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