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BRIDGE projects in Mandaue City that are expected to be finished by late this year or early next year are expected to decongest traffic in northern Metro Cebu.
?I asked the President (Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo) to inaugurate these new bridges... by the end of December or first week of January,? said Rep. Nerissa Soon Ruiz.
?It seems like the plan will be to inaugurate the two projects at the same time.?
Residents of central areas of Cebu City will have easier access to Talamban in the north via barangays Cabancalan and Canduman in Mandaue City once a new bridge spanning the Butuanon River becomes passable in December.
The section of the Cebu North Coastal Road that includes the Cansaga Bay Bridge, which would give motorists an alternative access to northern towns from Mandaue City, should also be passable by the first week of 2010.
Soon-Ruiz gave copies of status reports on these bridges issued by the Department of Public Works and Highways in Central Visayas (DPWH-7) on Nov. 9.
She said the North Coastal Road bridge was 88 percent complete, while the Cabancalan-Canduman bridge was 90 percent complete and proceeding ahead of schedule.
The North Coastal Road is divided into two ?packages.? Package 1 involves the construction of the Cansaga Bay Bridge.
Package 2 involves the construction of roads, the smaller Suba Bridge, and pedestrian infrastructure such as the Tayud Underpass and Pedestrian Overpass.
Over P500 million has been allocated by the national government for the construction of the North Coastal Road.
On the other hand, the P48-million Cabancalan-Canduman Bridge is expected to benefit the growing number of universities, schools and residential areas in that area of Mandaue as well as in the northern parts of Cebu City.
The project, which started on March 26, was pegged by its contractor, ARN Builders, to be completed by Nov. 30.
The bridge spans a gap of around 40 meters across the Butuanon River.
The bridge itself is around 300 meters long, including its approaches.
