‘Odette’ infra damage reaches almost P449-M

MANILA – The damage to infrastructure in regions hit by Typhoon Odette has reached nearly PHP449 million as of Tuesday, the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) reported.

In a statement, the agency’s Bureau of Maintenance said the cost of damage to national roads, bridges, and flood-control structures of Typhoon Odette stood at PHP448.9 million as of Tuesday noon.

It added that the typhoon has so far caused PHP209.5 million worth of damage to roads while the damage to bridges and flood-control structures are estimated at PHP100 million and PHP139.4 million, respectively.

Meanwhile, the DPWH has cleared and reopened a total of 33 road sections to ensure the delivery of relief goods to affected areas, to date.

DPWH Quick Response Teams with equipment are working for the reopening of 11 national road sections that are still impassable in Mimaropa, Central Visayas, Eastern Visayas, Northern Mindanao, and Caraga.

The teams are working to clear the following closed roads: Puerto Princesa North Road (SO0030PW), Langogan Bridge in Puerto Princesa City; Cebu-Toledo Wharf Road and Toledo-Pinamungajan Aloguinsan-Mantalongon Road, Barangay Cabitoonan, Toledo City due to fallen trees and electric posts and debris; Toledo-Pinamungajan Aloguinsan-Mantalongon Road, Barangay Cabitoonan, Toledo City due to fallen electrical posts; Sariling Bridge, Malabuyoc, Cebu due to Damaged/collapsed bridge abutment and washed out revetments.

Also, Santander-Barili-Toledo Road, Intermittent sections, Barangay Madridejos, Alegria, Cebu due to damaged/collapsed pavement at intermittent sections due to scouring and damaged seawall from strong waves, fallen trees, electric posts, and other debris; Bais-Kabankalan Road, K0059+100, Barangay Manlipac, Bais City, Negros Oriental due to soil collapse.

In Mindanao, impassable roads are the following: Misamis Oriental – Bukidnon – Agusan Road in Barangay Siloo, Malitbog, Bukidnon to damaged newly constructed spillway at Siloo Bridge; Butuan City – Cagayan de Oro City – Iligan City Road, Old Mambayaan Bridge due to damaged bridge; Sta. Filomena – Bonbonon – Digkilaan, Rogongon Road, Sitio Salinsing and Purok Lindaban, Barangay Rogongon, Iligan City due to landslide and soil collapse; Dinagat-Loreto Road in Mahayahay, San Jose, Dinagat Islands due to road slip; NRJ Bayugan-Calaitan-Tandag Rd in Barangay Sto. Nino, Bayugan City, Agusan del Sur due to road cut; and Bayugan-Esperanza Road in Barangay Nato, Esperanza, Agusan del Sur due to flooding.

On the other hand, it also reported that four roads also remain hardly passable which include: Jct. SH Impasug-ong – Patulangan By-Pass Rd, in Bukidnon; Dinagat-Loreto Road in Mahayahay, San Jose, Dinagat Islands, Dinagat Islands; sections of NJR Bah-Bah-Talacogon Road in Barangay Lucena, Prosperidad, Agusan del Sur; and Butuan City-Pianing-Tandag Rd. in Barangay Anticala, Butuan City, Agusan del Norte.