DPWH team to look into Big 15 contractors

A special team of inspectors is conducting an assessment of the flood control projects undertaken by the 15 contractors identified by President Marcos to have bagged a fifth of the P545 billion worth of flood control contracts awarded by the Department of Public Works and Highways, DPWH Secretary Manuel Bonoan said.

- BY RAINIER ALLAN RONDA

Bonoan, in an interview over radio dzBB yesterday, said the list of the 15 contractors was culled from all the flood control projects undertaken since the start of President Marcos’ term.

“We listed everything, all the 9,855 completed projects from July of 2022 and up to May of 2025. All the information was submitted to the Office of the President. These are all the analyses that came out, we included them in our submission,” Bonoan said.

While the DPWH conducted its own inspection, Bonoan said they also want people to send feedback on the flood control projects being undertaken in their respective localities.

“I already instituted the verification of these projects that we put in the list. And I have organized special teams from the (DPWH) Central Office (and) deployed to the regions and districts so that we can inspect and verify all these projects that are in the list,” Bonoan said.

Bonoan said the master list they submitted to the President only covered the basic information of the flood control projects such as the location, start and completion of the project, the implementing contractor and the amount of the contract.

“So it has to be field verified actually. All the other details that we need to verify actually so we can determine if the information that are in our website are truthful,” Bonoan said.