Cabagan-Sta. Maria Bridge, nagka-crack noon pang 2018 bago i-retrofit

3/14/2025

2018 palang ay nagka-crack na ang bumigay na Cabagan-Sta. Maria Bridge sa Isabela. Lumalabas 'yan sa imbestigasyon ng Senate Blue Ribbon Committee.

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00:00In 2018, the Kawagan Santa Maria Bridge in Isabela was already cracking.

00:06It was revealed in the investigation of the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee.

00:10And Joseph Moro was the one who pointed it out.

00:19It seems like an accident is waiting to happen.

00:22The fall of this part of the Kawagan Santa Maria Bridge in Isabela a month ago.

00:27Based on the investigation of the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee.

00:30It was revealed in 2018 or 4 years after it was started.

00:35One part and arch of it was already cracking.

00:39According to the DPWH, it was pointed out by the engineer of the bridge, Engineer Alberto Caniete

00:44and the contractor, RD Interior Junior Construction.

00:47That's why the DPWH hired a third-party contractor to find out what's wrong with the bridge.

00:58It's already there.

01:09Retrofitting and strengthening was continued to fill the cracks.

01:13And it was based on the new design code of 2015.

01:16When it was first designed in 2014, it was a 1997 code.

01:21It's the latest construction of all structures in the country.

01:24But I was asked why the contract for retrofitting is new.

01:29The government paid Php 200 million for the same contractor.

01:35Isn't that an anomaly?

01:37If there are cracks, who should pay for it?

01:39It hasn't been 15 years yet.

01:41If there are cracks, will you pay for the cracks?

01:44If there's still a problem in 2018, the question now is,

01:48who answered this?

01:50Well, hopefully, the accident was avoided.

01:52The engineer opposed the design of the DPWH Kunesco

01:56because it used a solid steel instead of a cable.

01:59There's no difference in whether it's solid or cable.

02:06He said it's flexible when it's a cable.

02:10But in structural engineering, there's no difference between a cable and a solid.

02:17I just told them that my design was obsolete

02:22because I used an old code, even in 1997.

02:27The contractor who first made and retrofitted it said,

02:31It's just minimal cracks.

02:33Aesthetic?

02:34Yes.

02:35Why isn't the Php 275 million aesthetic?

02:38The DPWH committee will form a committee

02:40to investigate the fall of the bridge

02:42and recommend the appropriate cases, but for Cayetano.

02:46It wasn't a retrofit to enhance or just to follow the new bridge code.

02:51It was precisely a retrofit because there were not only cracks, but also problems.

02:59If some heads have to roll, it has to start with the Secretary of DPWH

03:03because he's not taking this seriously.

03:05We asked for his opinion on DPWH Secretary Manuel Bonoan,

03:09but he said before that they only considered the project

03:12that went through the two adjacent bridges.

03:15For GME Integrated News, Joseph Morong, for 24 Hours.

Cabagan-Sta. Maria Bridge, nagka-crack noon pang 2018 bago i-retrofit | 24 Oras

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