DPWH-7 is expected to install appropriate signages on all skywalks in Mandaue City, to especially indicate its heights, in order to warn big trucks passing in the area. CDNDigital
Part of M.C. Briones Street in Maguikay, Mandaue City was closed to vehicular traffic due to a damaged skywalk. CDN Digital photo | CDND file photo
Engineer Daisy Toledo, head of the 6th Engineering District of DPWH-7, said that the recently demolished skywalk along M. C. Briones Street in Barangay Maguikay was damaged after it wasToledo dismissed speculations that the project was substandard, the reason for its defects. Toledo and other DPWH-7 officials were invited to attend the council session on Wednesday, April 12, to brief members of the legislative body as to the reason why the Maguikay skywalk was damaged.
A closer look at the damaged skywalk in Brgy. Maguikay, Mandaue City. CDN Digital photo | Brian J. OchoaAside from the recklessness of the two drivers and the height of their trucks, some Council members shared their views that asphalt overlays that DPWH-7 did in that part of the national highway, may have also contributed to the defects on the Maguikay skywalk.
“Sa Maguikay skywalk sauna, makaagi man ang mga trailer but tugod sa sige og overlay, overlay karun masangyad na sila,” added Councilor Jimmy Lumapas, chairman of the City Council’s Committee on Transportation. Overhead structures like skywalks are being considered prior to the conduct of asphalt overlays, she added.
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