DPWH denies double asphalt overlay

This is in reference to the article titled, “Group slams DPWH repair of ‘good roads’” (Metro, Inquirer, 5/26/13) citing the “double asphalt overlay done in late 2012 and early 2013” on the Sta. Rosa-Tagaytay road in Laguna province.

Engineer Joel F. Limpengco, OIC of the second district engineering office of the Department of Public Works and Highways in Laguna, has submitted a report on the asphalt overlay projects completed in 2012 and 2013. Limpengco included in the report a straight line diagram of the Sta. Rosa-Ulat-Tagaytay road section to show that there was no double asphalt overlay done along the same road section.

—ELIZABETH P. PILORIN, chief,

Public Information Division,

Department of Public Works and Highways