Farm roads, classrooms, too

At the rate details are coming to light about the operations of the Department of Public Works and Highways, the ranks of DPWH officials may be decimated in an ongoing purge. Apart from substandard and non-existent flood control projects, the government is now looking at other infrastructure projects undertaken by the DPWH.

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Last Thursday, Agriculture Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel announced an upcoming comprehensive audit of farm-to-market roads built by the DPWH from 2021 to 2025.

Apart from looking out for what Tiu Laurel described as “farm-to-pocket” projects, the audit should also determine if the roads were built mainly to benefit the properties of politicians instead of connecting farms to markets.