COTABATO CITY – The Committee on Public Works adopted a resolution supporting the call of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. to create and organize a district engineering office of the Department of Public Works and Highways (MPW) in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM).
Director Salonga Sumampao, of the Ministry of
Public Works, also presented an overview of their programs, activities, and
projects for 2023. He also highlighted the ministry’s Expanded Bangsamoro
Advanced Road Mapping and Management system, which serves as an online
repository for MPW-BARMM projects.
According to the Bangsamoro Expenditure Program,
the BARMM government allocated a P16.4 billion budget for the ministry in 2023.
MPW is mandated for planning, designing,
constructing, rehabilitating, and maintaining infrastructure, including roads
and bridges, flood control projects, water supply projects, and other public
works facilities.
CPW Chair Hussein Muñoz said that another meeting
would be scheduled to discuss other proposed resolutions referred to the committee.
(LTAIS-Public Information, Publication, and Media Relations Division)
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