THE Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) heeded the directive of President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. (BBM) to make life easier for common folk, as the agency continued to build, upgrade, and rehabilitate bridges, flood control structures and school buildings.Through a budget provided by the Department of Agriculture, the DPWH built some 75 kilometers of farm-to-market roads from July to November 2022 as part of BBM's pledge to help farmers transport their harvest to public markets.To ensure the unhampered transport of goods and services in the provinces, the DPWH built, upgraded, and rehabilitated a total of 112 bridges, 650 flood-control structures and 2,575 school buildings for the use of public school students.The DPWH also played an active role in disaster response such as what it did in the aftermath of the magnitude 7.3 earthquake in Abra where the agency deployed thousands of personnel to help in the search, rescue and relief efforts.In its report to Malacañang, the DPWH said it deployed more than 7,000 personnel as the government responded to several disaster areas brought about by earthquakes and the successive typhoons that hit the country last year.Aside from personnel deployment, the DPWH also dispatched 1,711 pieces of equipment and cleared 168 road sections in multiple provinces from Luzon to Mindanao.Responding to the President's call to build high-quality and efficient infrastructure, the DPWH said in its accomplishment report, it had, so far, constructed, maintained and rehabilitated 1,105 kilometers of roads from July to November 2022.