The partial cost of damage to national roads left by 7.0-magnitude earthquake is above P59 million.

The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) shared in a statement a day after the incident occurred that the initial estimate was already at P59.23 million.

Further, DPWH Secretary Manuel Bonoan said that several national road sections in the Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR) and Ilocos Region have been early today reopened after being impassable yesterday.

Citing a report from the DPWH Bureau of Maintenance, Bonoan identified the reopened passageways:

Abra

• Abra - Kalinga Road
• Abra - Ilocos Norte Road

• Abra-Cervantes Road

Benguet

• Asin Road, Baguio City
• Marcos Highway
• Benguet-Nueva Vizcaya Road
• Baguio - Bauang Road
• Congressman Andres Acop Cosalan Road

Kalinga

• Mt. Province-Calanan-Pinukpuk-Abbut Road
• Kalinga-Abra Road

Mountain Province

• Mt. Province-Cagayan via Tabuk-Enrile Road
• Mt. Province-Ilocos Sur Road

Ilocos Sur

• Santa Rancho Road (Calungbuyan Bridge)

Meanwhile, the DPWH Quick Response teams are still clearing eight roads in CAR and Region 1, which include:

• Kennon Road, Benguet (for safety purposes);
• Gov. Bado Dangwa National Road K0285+600 section in Tab-ao, Kapangan, Benguet (due to rockfall);
• Banaue-Hungduan-Benguet Boundary Road K0355+600 section in Ap-apid, Tinoc, Ifugao (due to rock collapse);
• Lubuagan-Batong Buhay Road K0462+010, K0463+000, K0463+400, K0463+700, K0464+000 sections in Puapo, Dangtalan, Pasil, Kalinga and K0464+600,K0464+700, K0464+800 sections in Colong, Lower Uma, Lubuagan, Kalinga (due to rock collapse);
• Baguio-Bontoc Road, Mt. Data Cliff, Bauko, Mt. Province (due to soil collapse);
• Tagudin-Cervantes Road, K0341+600 in Ilocos Sur (due to landslide and rockslide);
• Jct. Santiago-Banayoyo-Lidlidda-San Emilio-Quirino Road K0393+000 Brgy. Cayos, Quirino, and K0391+200, Ilocos Sur (due to landslide and rockslide); and
• Cervantes-Aluling-Bontoc Road K0387+(-950), Brgy. Aluling, Cervantes, Ilocos Sur (due to landslide and rockslide).

Further, the department said that the Itogon Bridge along Tagudin-Cervantes Road K0267+519 section in Benguet is still limited to light vehicles for safety reasons.

Photos from Department of Public Works and Highways

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