“The DPWH should do both of those things,” Hontiveros said. “I asked the DPWH about it during the last budget hearing and they have pointed out that there was an alternative site for the bridge. READ MORE:
environmentalists and business groups over the construction of a P23-billion bridge connecting Samal Island and Davao City .
During a press briefing at the Senate on Monday, Hontiveros said she had actually raised the same issues during the 2023 budget deliberations for the DPWH. She stressed that the DPWH should reconsider the design of the project and conduct consultation with the stakeholders. The senator also mentioned a study by a Japanese group showing it would be more cost-effective to move the landing site of the bridge on a government-owned property on the Davao side.“If there are criticisms, findings, recommendations and alternatives, the span was among the major infrastructure projects of the national government under the President Rodrigo Duterte administration.
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