Development of the Asian Highway in the Philippines...Asian Highway 26 The Philippines – Funding...
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Development of the Asian Highway in the Philippines
The Philippines
Asian Highway 26 traverses from North to South throughout the three major island groups
Luzon
Visayas
Mindanao
3,312 km
1,462 km
1,288 km
Asian Highway 26 The Philippines
LuzonMindanaoVisayas
562 km
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Asian Highway 26 in the Philippines
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Asian Highway 26The Philippines
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Asian Highway 26 in the Philippines
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Asian Highway 26The Philippines
Condition based on International Roughness Index
< 3 IRI = Good3 – 5 IRI = Fair
34%
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Good Fair Poor Bad
Asian Highway 26The Philippines
Traffic Lanes
86%
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2%
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Asian Highway 26The Philippines – Funding History
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+22%+34%
+36%+27%
Asian Highway 26The Philippines – Funding Priorities in 2016Improvement and Widening P10.52 Billion (US$229 Million)
Construction of By-Passes/ Diversion Roads
P4.85 Billion (US$105 Million)
Asian Highway 26The Philippines – Funding Priorities in 2016Rehabilitation/ Reconstruction/ UpgradingP2.01 Billion (US$43.6 Million)
Widening of Permanent Bridges to more than 2 Lanes
P4.33 Billion (US$94.2 Million)
Asian Highway 26The Philippines – Where Next?
Given fast paced economic development in the Philippines, funding of National Highways is likely to continue to increase in subsequent years
The focus of development will be AH26 and other Primary Routes
Road Safety will be given greater attention in coming years as traffic volumes increase