2 Leyte roads closed due to 'Urduja'

MANILA -- Two roads in Leyte are still impassable after tropical depression “Urduja” battered Eastern Visayas over the weekend, the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) said on Monday.

In statement, Engineer Lino Francisco Gonzales of DPWHLeyte Fourth District Engineering Office (LFDEO) said the roads affected are KinangaTungonan-Hotspring Road in Barangay Limao, Kananga and Libungao-Matag-obPalompon Road in Barangay Candelaria.

Both thoroughfares have collapsed slope/ slope protection and cut/drop pavements.

With this, the DPWH has requested the immediate release of PHP120 million to rehabilitate the damaged roads.

Although, he noted that these roads were already free from flooding, they are still impassable due to collapsed slope and damaged pavements due to heavy rains.

The DPWH advised motorists to take Junction NationalBarangay MonterbelloAguiting-Lim-ao Road and Sto. RosarioVillaba-Palompon Road as alternative routes to the affected sections.

Meanwhile, the Palompon-IsabelMerida-Ormoc Road in Barangay Liloan, Ormoc City, which was earlier closed due road slips, has also been cleared and opened on December 17, 2017.

All other national road networks under DPWH-LFDEO are now passable. (PNA)