THE Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) is looking to complete by first quarter of 2023 the detailed engineering design (DED) works for the Bataan-Cavite Interlink Bridge, a 32-kilometer-long inter-island bridge project between the provinces of Bataan in Central Luzon and Cavite in Southern Tagalog Regions.

DPWH Senior Undersecretary Emil Sadain, in his inspection report to Secretary Manuel Bonoan, said that marine geophysical surveys and geotechnical investigations in evaluating underground conditions and site characterization over the waters of Manila Bay are on-going with an overall accomplishment at 55 percent to date.