DPWH opens 2 alternate roads to Benguet and Baguio City

The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) on opened on Monday two alternate roads for motorists bound for Benguet and Baguio City.

According to Divine Reyes's report on Super Radyo dzBB, the Aringay-Tubao alternate road and Anduyan Bridge in La Union were inaugurated.

LOOK: Aringay-Tubao Alternate Road at Anduyan Bridge na patungong Baguio City at Benguet, binuksan na ng @DPWHph. (????: @DPWHph) | via @divinereyes pic.twitter.com/6RJR4xByNx

— DZBB Super Radyo (@dzbb) November 26, 2018

The 14-kilometer Aringay-Tubao route will cut the travel time from La Union to Benguet from two hours to 35 minutes.

Travel time from La Union to Baguio City will also be reduced to one hour from the previous 2 hours and 25 minutes.

On the other hand, the Anduyan Bridge is also expected to decongest traffic along the Marcos Highway, considering that the landslide-prone Kennon Road is still closed to the motorists.

Meanwhile, in Barlig town in Mountain Province, the reconstruction of Lunas Bridge which was previously destructed by Typhoon Rosita in October was already completed.— Dona Magsino/ LDF, GMA News