PGMA to groundbreak 2nd city flyover project

President is slated to come in Iloilo on November 19, 2009 to lead the groundbreaking rites of the second fly-over project here under the President’s Bridge Program to be executed by the Department of Public Works and Highways.

City mayor Jerry P. Treñas said that he was informed of the President arrival in this city by the Presidential Management Staff (PMS).

The DPWH has completed its soil testing and started cleaning the area of traffic islands and electric posts for the eventual construction of the project.

The President will be accompanied by newly appointed DPWH Secretary Victor Domingo in laying down the groundworks for a multi-million peso second flyover project at the corner of Jalandoni and Gen. Luna streets city proper, few meters away from the first flyover project at the junction of Infante and Gen. Luna streets.

The first flyover at Infante was completed some two years ago with a reported more than P400 million budget from the national government.

The flyover is yet to be inaugurated by the President and remains useless to the general public as only private vehicles are using it as of today.

Public transport refuses to use the flyover by claiming that drivers could not maneuver their vehicles in picking up passengers.