MALOLOS
CITY—The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) virtually cleared the
contractor of the bridge in Calumpit town that collapsed on Friday.
However,
local officials are looking at the possibilities of filing charges that may
lead the revocation of contract of the Wing-An Construction Development
Corporation.
Engineer
Jesse Obordo of DPWH regional office in Central Luzon said that they see no
reason to file sanctions against Wing-An which is owned by a certain Engineer
Shelwyn Lao based in San Juan City in Metro Manila.
“Wala
namang violation, kaya walang sanction na ipapataw sa contractor,”Obordo said
as he defended the contractor of the P166-Million bridge rehabilitation
project.
He
said that the collapse was an accident and only two workers suffered minor
injuries.
Obordo
said that while the project is originally expected to be completed last April
23, it remain on schedule as the implementation was suspended at least twice.
He
said that first suspension on the project was first implemented when a
temporary hanging bridge was constructed last year.