The government expects to start building three Asian Development Bank (ADB)-funded bridges across the Marikina River in 2023, the Department of Public Works and Highways said on Wednesday. The civil works for the bridges, valued at a combined P12.03 billion, are set to be completed in 2026, Senior Undersecretary Emil K. Sadain said in briefing the House of Representatives on flagship programs and projects. The bridges are the 1,606.3-meter Marcos Highway-Saint Mary Avenue Bridge, the 691-meter Homeowner’s Drive-A. Bonifacio Ave. Bridge, and the 726.3-meter Kabayani Street-Matandang Balara Bridge. “Ceremonial exchange of loan documents between the government of the Philippines and the ADB took place on March 30,” Mr. Sadain said.

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