Radial Road 10 construction to decongest Edsa and C5 —Villar

The Department of Public Works and Highways is com­mitted to complete the con­struction of Radial Road 10 (R- 10) by January 2017 to provide alternate route to Edsa and C-5 from Quezon City to Ma­nila and Pasay.

DPWH Secretary Mark Villar said after six presidents, finally the road traversing the old Smokey Mountain area congested by informal settlers will soon turn into a high ca­pacity highway helping offset the usual heavy volume of ve­hicles in major highways like Edsa and C5.

“Filipinos will soon have access to an improved and widened R-10 which they may opt to use as alternate route to Edsa via Bonifacio Drive and Roxas Boulevard in travelling from north to south and vice versa,” Villar said.

“We have completed the clearing of illegal structures along the road right-of-way. We will now resume con­struction activities for the full completion of the upgrading and widening of the remaining section particularly at Pacheco, Tondo area,” he added.

The 9.7 kilometers R-10 stretching from Delpan Bridge, Tondo, Manila to the mouth of the Malabon River at Bangku­lasi Bridge, C-4 Road in Navo­tas City.

“The Bangkulasi Bridge at the end of C-4 in Navotas City has also been recently opened following the relocation of in­formal settler families previ­ously occupying the foot of the bridge,” Villar said.