CABARROGUIS, Quirino (PIA) - - To ensure safer travel in Nagtipunan, the Department of Public Works and Highways - Quirino District Engineering Office (DPWH-QDEO) has implemented a P59.85-million road improvement along three sections of Junction Abbag-Nagtipunan Nueva Vizcaya Road via Dupax, Nueva Vizcaya.

In a press release posted at the DPWH Regional FB page, District Engineer Lorna B. Asuten said that the maintenance project covers the asphalt overlay of the 1.828-kilometer existing carriageway with correction (reblocking), construction of a retaining wall at the end of the first section, concrete paving of shoulder, and installation of line canal with concrete cover, frames, and gratings.

District Engineer Asuten explained that the project is along the commercial hub of the town, where numerous activities on trade and commerce converge such as Bagsakan or drop-off centers for farm-based products from the agricultural land and upland areas of Nagtipunan.

“More or less 3,035 population of Ponggo, Nagtipunan, will surely benefit from the road, once completed. Other than efficient and cost-effective road network, the preventive works and repairs of the road will reduce serious damage to property and minimize road accidents pose by deteriorating and narrow pavement,” District Engineer Asuten added.

The DPWH also installed hazard safety markers, such as chevron signages, and reflectorized thermoplastic pavement markings to add visibility to the road.

Catch basins, and curbs and gutters were likewise constructed as part of the drainage system of the project. (TCB/with reports from EBaral/Kimberly Marie Catu/DPWH-QDEO/PIA Quirino)