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Tell your story about Southern Leyte. You can talk about the good things in Southern Leyte or simply talk about the past. You can talk about the eco-system of Southern Leyte. What is the local LGU doing about the preservation of your natural resources | Tell your story about Southern Leyte. You can talk about the good things in Southern Leyte or simply talk about the past. You can talk about the eco-system of Southern Leyte. What is the local LGU doing about the preservation of your natural resources | ||
The topic can start here and once it gets bigger it can have a page of its own in Z-Wiki. It's all up to you. | The topic can start here and once it gets bigger it can have a page of its own in Z-Wiki. It's all up to you. | ||
==[[Southern Leyte News]]== | |||
''''Sunken' roads in So. Leyte are the effects of 12 daily tremors - DPWH''' | |||
*Source: http://www.pia.gov.ph/?m=7&r=r08&id=51498 | |||
*Monday, August 29, 2011 | |||
:by Bong Pedalino | |||
MAASIN CITY, Southern Leyte, Aug 29 (PIA) -- Citing a study done by a geologist, Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) District Engineer Carlos Veloso disclosed that certain sections of the national highway in this province are always damaged due to a dozen daily movements of the ground. | |||
In an interaction with local media Tuesday, Veloso, head of the Southern Leyte Engineering District (SLED), identified these perennially destructed sections as the one along Bato, Leyte, to Bontoc road and the other at barangay Hindag-an, Saint Bernard. | |||
A technical explanation of these seemingly “sunk” sections was the presence of underground water that over time eventually loosened the soil coupled with the everyday dose of the natural earth-shaking move which is not strong enough to be noticed. | |||
The damaged road sections also fell along the fault line that traverses the province, Veloso said. | |||
Assistant District Engineer Manolo Rojas said they had installed gabions in these areas, saying this kind of structure was permeable, or allows the passage of water through piles of stones hitched with tie wires. | |||
Meanwhile, another problematic road portion which is the steep saddle road in Pintuyan, will be re-engineered to cut across a mountainside to lower its elevation. | |||
Veloso said his office has already complied with the program of works for an initial budget of P 50 Million asked by the DPWH Central office for a 700-meter alternate road to divert the saddle, adding that the instruction was the result of a resolution submitted by the provincial government to Malacanang. | |||
Several motorists suffered accidents in the past while negotiating this uphill, winding road, and its imminent change in design is timely considering that a new Ferry terminal in Benit, San Ricardo, was already in operation. | |||
Both Veloso and Rojas were optimistic the development of the much lower saddle road will be made part of the regular budget of the agency, saying that DPWH Secretary Rogelio Singson’s timetable was that all primary roads would be paved by 2013. (PIA-Southern Leyte/bong) | |||
==Photo Gallery of Southern Leyte, Philippines== | ==Photo Gallery of Southern Leyte, Philippines== | ||