CALBAYOG CITY- The construction and rehabilitation of public works in Calbayog City and the rest of the western Samar first engineering district will continue this year with more structures included and with higher budget allocation compared to that of 2015.
Reports reaching the Calbayog Journal from the Samar First District Engineering Office indicate that this year's fund allocation for the DPWH infrastructure program for the area is higher than that of 2015 by over 50 percent.
This year's appropriation reach Php 2,793,785,000.00. Last year only Php 1,338,715,000.00 was set aside for the same program. 75 infrastructure projects were carried out in 2015 of which 62 were reportedly completed in mid september. This year the DPWH has scheduled work on 83 more infrastructure projects.
