The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH), Iloilo City District Engineering Office (ICDEO) is hastening the completion of three more phases of the Iloilo Esplanade – Esplanade 7 along the left bank of tbe Iloilo River from Forbes Bridge to Muelle Loney Bridge, Esplanade 8 along the right bank from Muelle Loney Bridge to Drilon Bridge and Esplanade 9 along the right back from Muelle Loney Bridge to Quirino Bridge. Meantime, ICDEO is undertaking the paving of walkways along the 820-meter Esplanade 4 and 820-meter Esplanade 6, after the completion of slope protection implemented by the Regional Office, amounting to P46.00 million and P45.98 million, respectively.

3 more phases of Iloilo River Esplanade up for completion. (2019, February 12). Panay News, p. 4.