CABANATUAN CITY — Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) is fast tracking the construction of Caanawan-Kitakita Road otherwise known as San Jose City Bypass Road.
When completed, it will serve as an alternate route for motorists who want to avoid the congested city center.
DPWH Nueva Ecija 1st District Engineer Armando Manabat said the ongoing road project begins and ends along the San Jose City Section of Daang Maharlika Road.
Its alignment will pass through barangays Caanawan, Abar 2nd, Sto. Niño 1st and 2nd, Malasin, Manicla and Kita-kita.
It will also pass through the San Jose-Lupao Road which will serve as an access road going to Umingan, Pangasinan.
Once completed, travel time traversing the San Jose City proper will be reduced to 8 minutes from the previous 36 minutes.
“The 7.9-kilometer San Jose City Bypass Road Project received an initial budget of P100 million under the 2019 General Appropriations Act for the acquisition of road right-of-way (ROW) and opening of a six-lane road way while its concreting was implemented in 2021,” Manabat disclosed.
“As of February 22, we already concreted the 429-meter section of the bypass road starting from Daang Maharlika. The project’s scope of works covers the construction of a six-lane standard carriageway with a dedicated bike lane, construction of slope protection and drainage system, and installation of solar LED lights, LED solar-powered road studs, bolt-on amber guardrail butterfly reflectors which will ensure safe travel of motorists when the project is opened to the public,” he furthered.
For this year, DPWH Nueva Ecija 1st District Engineering Office will continue to undertake ROW acquisition for the remaining segment of 4.808 kilometers of the bypass road, as well as the preparations for the concreting of its 2.885-kilometer section.
Also, construction of three bridges with total length of 30 linear meters from San Jose-Lupao Road to Maharlika Highway. (CLJD-PIA 3)
