Tacloban City Bypass Road now open

The Tacloban City Bypass Road Project is now open to motorists.

In a statement, the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) said that the 6.405-kilometer bypass road construction — which runs along Daang Maharlika and connects Barangays Nula-Tula and Caibaan — was officially inaugurated last Thursday.

Leading the ceremony is outgoing President Rodrigo Duterte and DPWH Secretary Roger Mercado. They were joined by Senator Christopher Lawrence Go, Presidential Assistant for the Visayas Secretary Michael Lloyd Dino, House Majority Floor Leader Ferdinand Martin Romualdez, and Tacloban City Mayor Alfred Romualdez.

 “We are proud of the successful completion of the Tacloban City Bypass Road, a significant project under the President Duterte administration’s Build, Build, Build Program”, Mercado said.

According to the department, the newly-completed road project is eyed to improve road network efficiency, enhance travel experience and facilitate access to Tacloban City.

“The constructed bypass road has four lanes and a portion with six lanes of concrete pavement with drainage and slope protection structures,” the department noted.

Aside from that, the DPWH shared that the road helped decongest traffic along Daang Maharlika, increase development potentials, and reduce travel time from one and a half hour to 30 minutes.

At least 1,000 road users are expected to benefit from the newly-opened road.

Photos from Department of Public Works and Highways

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