Infrastructure spending improved in February with agency expenditures in line with the Bayanihan to Recover as One Act picking up, data from the Budget and Management Department showed.
“This was accounted for mainly by the payments for completed infrastructure projects of the Department of Public Works and Highways which were started late last year, and the mobilization costs for their current year’s projects,” explained the DBM, citing the likes of road widening, rehabilitation and improvement, and flood control efforts as examples of said projects.
The latest figure brought total infrastructure and other capital outlays a total of ₱107.4 billion for the first two months of 2021. The amount is 14.4% higher than what was logged during the same period the year prior.
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