Development of the Asian Highway in the Philippines...Asian Highway 26 The Philippines – Funding Priorities in 2016 Improvement and Widening P10.52 Billion (US$229 Million) Construction

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

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562 km

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86%

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Asian Highway 26The Philippines – Funding History

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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