The Commission on Audit took the DPWH to task for failing to “efficiently implement” more than 2,000 locally funded projects worth more than P60 billion. | dempseyreyesINQ /PDI
A total of 90 projects, with costs totaling P5.11 billion, were either terminated or up for termination, while 94 others, costing P3.55 billion, were not even started in 2022 as scheduled.
Worse, professional DPWH engineers and project consultants claimed they “were not able to consider” some factors during the preliminary engineering study on the viability of the projects.
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