THE BYPASS road project that will link Alae, Bukidnon and Tagoloan, Misamis Oriental is now almost 90% done, but full completion and opening is expected only in Nov, 2019, according to the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH). In a statement on Dec. 10, DPWH-Region 10 Director Zenaida T. Tan said the Alae Bypass Road, which has so far received a P1.76-billion funding, still needs a P200 million allocation to finish. It involves the construction of a 10-kilometer (km) new road, improvement of a seven-km existing road, construction of three bridges spanning a total of 237 linear meters, with slope protection and drainage system components. The road covers Barangay Casinglot in Tagoloan, passing through sitios Malaiba and Bugna, Barangay Mantibugao, and Barangay Alae in Manolo Fortich, Bukidnon. “When completed, Alae Bypass Road will divert traffic along the busy Sayre Highway, Puerto-Alae Section. It will also serve as an alternate road towards (the) Mindanao Container Terminal (MCT) in Tagoloan, where cargo trucks coming from Bukidnon will be catered directly,” DPWH said.

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