Senataor Alan Peter Cayetano flags the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) for failure to conduct sufficient consultations with stakeholders on the Laguna Lakeshore Road Network (LLRN) and Pasig River Expressway (PAREX) projects, leading to disruptions in the affected areas.
Cayetano raised concerns about these projects to DPWH Secretary Manuel Bonoan through budget sponsor Senator Grace Poe during the Senate plenary deliberations on the proposed 2025 DPWH budget.
“We asked you a thousand times. You did not consult us,” Cayetano told Bonoan.
The senator emphasized that despite the DPWH’s consultations with towns along the project’s path, no consultation has taken place with the City of Taguig, where eight kilometers of the project will be situated. According to Cayetano the project has worsened traffic congestion in parts of the city due to insufficient coordination with the city’s officials. Ralph Harvey Rirao
Cayetano highlighted the issue regarding the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) compound in Taguig, where constructing a flyover to alleviate traffic congestion is deemed unfeasible…
The senator also questioned the PAREX project, a proposed highway over the Pasig River in which he asked whether it was being planned thoroughly to avoid the pitfalls of the LLRN project.
