DPWH favors creation of 2nd engineering district in Zamboanga City

• Source: http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?nid=2&rid=946529
• Friday, December 9, 2016

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ZAMBOANGA CITY (PNA) -- The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) here is backing the creation of an additional engineering district as it will result to additional benefits for this city.

The DPWH engineering district supervises the implementation and maintain the infrastructure projects of the national government in a particular place.

Eng’r. Cholie Roble, DPWH district engineer, on Wednesday said that the creation of an additional engineering district would create more job opportunities, projects, and fund allotment.

More so, she noted that the creation of another engineering district would also boost the monitoring here of infrastructure projects implemented by the national government.

Roble said the new engineering district, once created, would have jurisdiction over the first congressional district.

“It’s high time to create two engineering districts because we have two congressional districts. Considering that we have so many projects, the responsibility of one engineering district is big,” she said.

She said requirements for the creation of an engineering district includes 100 kilometers length of national road; 100 square kilometers land area, and 250,000 population.

At present, Zamboanga City has 86 kilometers length of national road in the east coast and 59.56 kilometers in the west coast.

This city has a population of 861,799 people as of the 2015 census of the Philippine Statistics Authority.