Dabawenyos are expected to endure the inconvenience caused by traffic congestion along C.P. Garcia highway and Ma-a for a long time as the completion of the ongoing construction of the flyover in the area will still take a long time.
Dean Ortiz, spokesperson of the Department of Public Works and Highways 11 (DPWH 11), said construction in the Ma-a flyover is still in the initial phase.
“Sa karon poste pa lang ang ginabuhat practically wala pa’y makita na developments tungod sa ilalom pa man ang trabaho. Later on, after ana magbuhat ug mga poste ug didto na musulod ang actual flyover na construction. More or less ang iyahang duration parehas sa Tagum flyover na nagsugod atong 2017 ug nahuman late 2021. ingon ana pud ang duration sa civil works para sa Ma-a flyover,” Ortiz said over Davao City Disaster Radio (DCDR) on Tuesday.
Tagged the longest flyover in Mindanao with a length of 1.035 kilometers, the Tagum City Flyover is an overpass along the Pan-Philippine Highway (Davao–Agusan National Highway) in Tagum, Davao del Norte. It carries the traffic of the Pan-Philippine Highway crossing its junction with Surigao–Davao Coastal Road (locally known as Apokon Road) and Tagum–Panabo Circumferential Road (locally known as Pioneer Avenue.)
The same will happen in the construction of the Ulas flyover in Davao City, which is still in the initial phase also.
“Naka board piling pa lang ta nga mag take gyud na siya ug four lanes in that case kay kanang dalan dinha four lanes naman na mao nang nasirad-an ang tibuok stretch gikan junction padulong Puan, junction bypass padulong sa Davao-Cotabato road. Although, naay mga areas na passable but we do not recommend it kay expose kaayo sa danger. Gituyo nato na nga buhatan aron dili na muhuot ang Talomo ug musimang pa sila padulong sa Bago Aplaya. Kana derecho na sa atong coastal road,” he explained.
Ortiz asked for the understanding of the motorists and Dabawenyos to the inconvenience brought by these projects.
“There’s light at the end of the tunnel so kung mahuman nato ning mga proyektuha dako gyud ni siya ug ikatabang sa pagsulbad sa traffic sa syudad,” he said.
Meanwhile, Ortiz announced that the first section of the Davao Coastal Bypass Project, which is from Bago Aplaya towards Tulip Drive, will be opened to the public sometime in the second quarter of next year.
“Kay sa karon ang trabaho kay ang pag dugtong sa barangay Talomo padulong sa Matina Aplaya via bridge. Gamay gamay na lang ang nabilin na distansya hapit na nato mahuman later on railings na lang ang buhaton ug ang approaches niya. Seguro mga Marso or Abril ma open na nato ang first section. We are hoping by second quarter of next year mahuman na gyud ang first section kay kinahanglan na pud nato nang dalana,” he said.
