DPWH Cebu City says roads in upland village damaged by landslide now passable

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CEBU CITY, Jan. 24 (PNA) -- An official of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Cebu City District on Tuesday said roads in Sitio Tawagan in the mountain barangay of Sirao that were damaged a landslide last week are now passable.

Engr. Nicomedes Leonor of the DPWH Cebu City District said cracks and gaps on the concrete road in the area were filled with soil and other filling materials.

Leonor said the repair of the roads was a joint effort of the DPWH and the Cebu City Government.

Leonor said both the DPWH and the city provided heavy equipment for the repair work, including payloaders, backhoes, dump trucks and a road roller which compacted the soil on the road to make it stable for passing vehicles.

Leonor said they also had to make some alternative roads in portions which cannot be repaired easily.

He said these are only temporary solutions since Cebu City Mayor Tomas Osmeña requested for the repairs ahead of the fiesta in Sirao this week.

Since the roads are barangay roads, he said it will be up to the city if they will pave it with concrete again.

“This is just for the meantime especially with the advisory from the Mines and Geosciences Bureau (MGB) that the soil in the area is still unstable,” Leonor said.

The MGB 7 earlier said the affected areas in Sitios Tawagan and Kan-irag should be declared as no-build zones, which means some of the residents that were evacuated near the affected area will be barred from returning there.

The MGB said though that the areas can still be used for farming but not for residential purposes.

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