Duterte Gov’t Opens First Highway In PH To Have 3 Meter Wide Lane For Bikers, Joggers
A project extending by an additional 1.3 kilometers the
newly paved Laguna Lake Highway in Taguig, touted as the first highway in the
Philippines to have a 3 meter wide space for bikers and joggers, has been
completed by the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) under the
administration of President Rodrigo Duterte.
With the addition, the Laguna Lake Highway is now 4.5
kilometers.
DPWH Secretary Mark A. Villar and Transportation Secretary
Art Tugade were joined in the opening of the additional new concrete paved
segment by BCDA President Vince Dizon, Foreign Affairs Secretary Alan Peter
Cayetano, Taguig Mayor Lani Cayetano and Taguig Representative Pia Cayetano,
who tried out the bicycle lane.
“In a study by World Health Organization, 19% of those who
die in road accidents in the Philippines are pedestrians,” noted Secretary Villar.
“In building the road network in the Philippines, it is
important that we also put in place more pedestrian infrastructure. This will
not only happen in Luzon but also in Visayas and Mindanao,” said Secretary Villar.
Secretary Villar stressed that DPWH would incorporate
pedestrian infrastructure and green architecture in the creation of key
infrastructure projects.
Costing P140.331 million, the 1.3-kilometer additional
2-lane road is constructed under the Phase II of Laguna Lake Highway Project
which also covers provision for plant strip, sidewalk, turn out, and drainage
works is in addition to about 3.2 kilometers concrete paved segment earlier
completed.
The improved highway will ensure safety of motorists,
bikers, pedestrians, as well as protection of residents from backflow of
lakewater.
Linking towns of Rizal to the eastern corridor of Manila,
the Laguna Lake Highway is essential to cope with the increasing traffic volume
due to rapid increase of population and urbanization in the Metro.
Laguna Lake Highway is seen to give Taguig a new growth
corridor and to increase the economy in the area as DPWH hopes to attract
tourists with added healthy features like the bike lane.
Also on-going is Phase III of the project covering an
additional length of 4.3 kilometers which is expected to be finished by August
of 2018.
Watch the video report below via PTV:
Source: DPWH
Duterte Gov’t Opens First Highway In PH To Have 3 Meter Wide Lane For Bikers, Joggers
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