DAVAO CITY — The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) has reached another key milestone in the construction of the 4.76-kilometer Samal Island–Davao City Connector (SIDC) Project with the successful conduct of the first bi-directional static load test for an offshore pile on the Island Garden City of Samal (IGaCoS) side.

Senior Undersecretary Emil K. Sadain, who inspected the site on April 11, 2025, reported to DPWH Secretary Manuel M. Bonoan that the SIDC Project has surpassed 12 percent in overall physical accomplishment.

He emphasized the critical importance of quality control to ensure the structural integrity and long-term safety of this inter-island bridge, a flagship project under President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr.’s Build Better More infrastructure program.

In an interview with DXDC RMN Davao, DPWH Davao Regional Office spokesperson Dean Ortiz confirmed that the construction of the SIDC Project will proceed as scheduled.

Once completed, the SIDC will feature a four-lane extradosed bridge with a 530-meter main span, a 570-meter land viaduct on the Davao side, and a 395-meter viaduct on the Samal side. 

It will also include 350-meter and 510-meter marine viaducts, along with bridge ramps connecting to the R. Castillo–Daang Maharlika junction in Davao City and a 24-meter-wide at-grade road with a roundabout in Barangay Limao, IGaCoS.  

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