Close to P110 million worth of various infrastructure projects in different municipalities and city of Pampanga were completed during the administration of Governor Lilia G. Pineda.
This was reported by Engr. Renato C. Gutierrez, officer-in-charge of the Pampanga Provincial Engineer’s Office (PEO) as he stressed that Governor Pineda conducted regular on-site monitoring of various infrastructure projects implemented in the province, one of her administration’s priority thrusts.
According to Gutierrez, the provincial government completed the construction, improvement and rehabilitation of district hospitals, school buildings, roads and other government facilities with a total project cost of P109,746,050.12 in 12 towns and one city of Pampanga for the past 11 months.
In his report submitted to Provincial Administrator Andres S. Pangilinan, Jr., Gutierrez said that completed infrastructure projects under the Pineda administration were the construction of two-classroom school buildings with comfort rooms worth P1,509,546.80 at San Isidro Elementary School in Sta.Rita; three at San Jose Elementary School in Macabebe worth P2,490,500.86; three at San Mateo Elementary School in Arayat worth P2,332,204.92; and the repair and improvement of seven classroom school building at Caduang Tete High School in Macabebe worth P1,018,764.18.
Also completed were the two-storey hospital building of San Luis District Hospital worth P8,393,928.88; improvement of Ricardo Rodriguez Memorial Hospital at the Bulaon Resettlement in the City of San Fernando, P1,776,909.13;construction of Diosdado Macapagal Hospital’s Dialysis Center in Guagua, P888,875.75; improvement and renovation of Mabalacat District Hospital, Phase 2,P10,368,476.26.
More so, a total of 64 units of bunk houses for the landslide victims in San Juan Baño, Arayat costing P5,723,337 were completed.
Other infrastructure projects finished were the improvement of Mandili dike slope protection in Candaba costing P3,166,828.46; Sta.Ana-San Luis provincial road slope protection in San Sebastian, San Luis,P2,310,272.42;
Gutierrez further reported that the provincial government also completed by contract the improvement and concreting of 617 linear meter provincial road in San Juan-San Jose-Natividad-Lambac-Pulong Masle road Lambac section in Guagua,P3,925,169.43; San Matias-San Simon road San Matias section in Sto. Tomas, P4,178,292; Del Rosario-Bacolor road in the City of San Fernando, P2,568,588; Pampanga River Dike road Batasan-Candating section in Arayat,P3,235,350; San Nicolas 1st barangay road in Sasmuan,P1,213,448.57; Phase 11 of Guagua-Sta.Rita-Porac road San Matias and Becuran section, P8,741,047.12; Phase IV Dila-dila section,P8,504,335.85,both in Sta.Rita; and Phase V Dila-dila-Pulong Santol section in Sta.Rita-Porac,P8,700,301.17; widening of San Miguel-Sta.Cruz barangay road in San Simon, P1,488,434.60; and reblocking and asphalt overlay of Sto.Domingo-Lourdes-San Isidro-Telacsan-Colgante provincial road from Minalin to Apalit and Macabebe,P7,454,000.
The PEO also completed the renovation and improvement of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) building; construction of Environment and Natural Resources Office (ENRO) building; rehabilitation and improvement of dormitories and grandstand building at Bren Z. Guiao Sports Complex including asphalt paint of the basketball court flooring of the convention center; and extension of Philippine National Police radio room building.
Meanwhile, the construction of Macabebe District Hospital worth P13,700,136 and the Dr. Andres Luciano Memorial Hospital formerly Balitucan District Hospital costing P30,422,087 in Magalang are presently on-going.
Other on-going infrastructure projects in the province are the repair and improvement of the Provincial Treasurer’s Office, Provincial Manpower Training Center, various facilities at Diosdado Macapagal Memorial Hospital and San Basilio-Dila-Dila Ebus section in Guagua; construction of PRENIS-PGRIS check gate in Lubao and two-storey Fire Marshall building; extension of the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) building at the Capitol compound; and rehabilitation of Escolastica Romero Hospital annex in Lubao town. (Pampanga PIO)
