The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) has conducted the ground breaking ceremony for the P997.5 million Samar Pacific Coastal Road (SPCR) project in Northern Samar, which will connect the coastal towns of the province. “This 11.6-kilometer road project from Junction Simora to Junction Palapag segments of the Samar Pacific Coastal Road in the town of Palapag, Northern Samar will complete the circumferential road of Samar Island,” DPWH Secretary Mark Villar, who led the event, said in a statement on Thursday. Villar also said the project at Barangay Simora in Palapag, Northern Samar, will benefit motorists heading to the provincial capital town of Catarman from the Pacific coastal towns. ADVERTISEMENTThe project, which is slated to be completed around 2020, is being funded by the Korean government. According to Project Director Sharif Hasim of the DPWH Roads Management Cluster 2, the SPCR project will be linked with the existing seven-kilometer Catarman road, which will also be improved.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer May 31, 2018 08:26 UTC