US Edition'Not Serving Its Purpose': Marcos Slams Kennon Road Project
President Marcos Jr. condemned a P273.93 million rockshed on Kennon Road for poor construction and alleged corruption, estimating repair costs could exceed P500 million and causing a 35% local income loss.
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Marcos slams Kennon Road rockshed, calls it 'economic sabotage'
BENGUET, Philippines – President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. inspected two road projects along Kennon Road in Tuba on Sunday, August 24, arriving at Camp 6 around 10:30 am to assess the P260-million rockshed at Millsite. The President was blunt in his assessment, saying the project had failed to protect the slope it was designed to secure. “Ang balor ng kanilang trabaho is zero — complete zero,” he said. (The value of their work is zero — a complete ze…
President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has called the P264-million Rock Shed Project on Kennon Road, Tuba, Benguet useless. According to a local government report, the project's slope protection gave way during the height of Typhoon Emong and heavy rains in July, causing the structure to collapse and temporarily closing a portion of Kennon Road, one of the main roads in and out of Baguio. According to the President, millions of government funds were thr…
Marcos Slams P273M Kennon Road Project as ‘Useless'
President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. on Sunday inspected two infrastructure projects in Tuba, Benguet, where he criticized a P273.93-million rock shed project along Kennon Road, calling it “useless.” Marcos said the 152-meter, two-lane structure failed to prevent erosion beneath the road because the slope protection beside the river was “too low and weak.” “You can …
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