Eight (8) Conditional Matching Grant to Provinces (CMGP) Road Projects will soon be awarded to their respective winning bidder; this was confirmed by the Provincial Planning and development Office. (PPDO)
The first batches of CMGP projects to be awarded were the Upgrading of Banga-Lamba–Derilon–Lampari Road (P71,000,000.00), Upgrading of National Highway Junction-Colongulo-Moloy-Duengas-Talahik Road (P41,240,000), Upgrading of Crossing Talcon-Aflek Road (P27,500,000.00) and Upgrading of Palkan-Cannery Junction-Upper Klinan Road (P65,247,490.00).
The remaining projects to be awarded, on the other hand, were the Upgrading of Maltana-Lambayong Road (P49,732,778.00), Upgrading of National Highway-Silway 8-Silway 7 Road (P38,600,000.00), Upgrading of Crossing Aflek-Malugong Road (P16,500,000.00) and Upgrading of National Highway Junction-M. Roxas Polacion Road (P57,106,061.00).
Earlier, the Provincial Bids and Awards Division (PBAD) disclosed, that the first batch of CMGP Projects was published for bidding on August 2 while the second batch was published for bidding on August 16.
Meanwhile, the CMGP Proposed Priority List of Road Projects for 2018 were scaled down to six (6) projects composed of Tampakan – Tablu Boundary Road (P74,200,000.00), Junction National Highway – Palkan – Cannery – Upper Klinan Road (P98,000,000.00), Centrala – Naci – Lambontong Road (P64,800,000.00),Junction National Highway New Iloilo – Cabuling – New Lambunao Boundary Road (P88,800,000.000, Centrala – Buenavista – Canahay Road (P55,000,000.00) and Tampakan – Sta. Cruz – Topland Boundary Road (P19,200,000.00).
CMGP Projects might be turned over to the Department of Public Works and Highways starting next year, according to Governor Daisy Avance Fuentes.
The Installation of Slope Protection along the riverbank of Barangay Namnama in the City of Koronadal with an estimated project cost of P200 million meanwhile was endorsed by the Provincial Development Council during their recent regular meeting to DPWH 12 through the Regional Development Council 12.