Grabe ang Kalsada sa North, West, and East Samar (with Pix)

[nels76]

Hi Folks,

I just came back from a 2-week vacation sa Eastern Samar.
Harvest Season kasi doon kaya kumuha din kami ng rice supply para sa amin.

And I want to share the bad road condition sa Samar. Kawawa naman ang province na yon.











The road is worst from Calbayog to Catbalogan. Pero from Hinabangan to Calbiga Super Smooth na til San Juanice Bridge

The pictures above are from the stretch of Catbalogan to Wright. You'll traverse this stretch for about 2 hours. Kung mahina ang suspension ng auto mo diyan, baka mag-fail.

[CVT]

Thanks for sharing the picture and the experience bro.

Kawawa naman ang mga kababayan natin sa Samar sa mga lugar na affected niyang sira-sirang kalye.

Sana naman ay ginagamit ng maayos ang countryside development fund (cdf) or pork barrel ng ating mga namumuno sa gobyerno...

5707:tumbleweed:

[fast lane]

actually matagal an din yan mga sir last time we went there mga 4-5 years ago may dala kami sasakyan, kawawa talga ung sasakyan, buti na lng sir nels di mo dinala car mo.

kaya mostly lahat ng buses plying that area, CUL for example eh mostly leaf spring ang suspension nila kasi kung air bag sira agad, and the leaf spring give them the advantage to run at high speed at this road condition, may part pa nga dyan na worst ung mga concrete na nag cave in sa gitna, para talgang dagt maalon pag dumaan

kay pag dating ng bicol area since maganda ang daan except quirino (andaya high-way) eh ambibilis ng takbo ng mga bus from samar parang na excite sila sa patag na kalye, hehehehhe

one reason na din eh para habulin ung oras ng ferry sa sorsogon

im from albay by the way

[pup2]

Imbitahan kaya natin ang WRC? Sarap yata mag rally diyan sa daan na yan ah!

[nels76]

Sabi ng mga relatives namin doon, the road condition was worsened by the recent *******ial rains that flooded most of the region sa Samar.

Nasira nga ung ibang pananim namin kaya konti lang nadala namin na rice.

Hindi na nga namin dinala ung Santa Fe namin kasi baka hindi talaga kayanin ang road condition lalo pa kung madami kaming dalang bigas.

Elibs din ako sa mga Bus na bumabyahe doon. Angtitibay at angbibilis kahit na lubak lubak ang daan. Eagle Star sinakyan namin na Bus and totoo, pagdating sa Bicol hataw talaga sila. Puro ovetake sila kahit sa mga private vehicles. Iba talaga pag kabisado na ang kalsada.

By the way, From San Isidro Samar Pier to Calbayog (about 2 hours), may mga tama din ang kalsada pero hindi kasing lala ng stretch from Calbayog to Catbalogan.

Catbalogan onwards to Leyte, tolerable na.

Eto pa ibang pix...

Below is a Road Slip. nag-collapse ung half ng pavement. Kung engot ka dito and dadaan ka sa gabi baka mahulog ka sa Cliff.


The part with severe damage is being repaired naman...

[Flagg]

Shoddy construction work ang nangyari dito. Ok naman ang kapal ng buhos. Most likely culprit is poor compaction ng gravel bed kaya yung concrete bumibigay in that manner. Puro air pockets.

Kasalanan yan ng contractor. Poor supervision.

[Horsepower]

Accdg to some class-AAA road contractors I personally know, most of the time, ang problema, masyado malaki hinihingi na parte ng mga politicians kaya yung project quality ang nags-suffer.

[donski]

halatang tinipid ang pag kakagawa ng kalsada na ito kasi ang nipis

[Isuzoom]

I hope gumuho ang bahay ng kawatan na mga offcials....nakaw na yan!

[baludoy]

kumusta naman ang daan papuntang catarman and beyond (n. samar)? naapektuhan ba ang smooth australian made roads dun?

btw, balita ko nag bitiw na daw ang philtranco at bltb sa mga rota papunta dun? totoo ba bro?

malas talaga ang samar, battered severely na ng elements, mismanaged pa ng mga self-absorbed politikos:thumbdown:

[nels76]

Di ko alam ung road to Catarman 'coz di pa kami nakakadaan don.

Nang galing kami ng Tacloban going back to Samar, may mga nakasalubong kaming Philtranco na ang byahe ay Maasin and Davao. So buhay pa sila.

Ang BLTB, wala na akong nakita kahit isa.

[Innova_Boy]

Thanks to TS for sharing this info...

will be helpful para sa road trip naman later this month....

Bale, how many hours yun biyahe from allen to calbayog na ok pa daan? then how many hours naman yung worst (calbayog-catbalogan)?

kakayanin kaya yan ng innova ko...


WBR,

[ressie]

grabe nga po talaga sir nels yung dinaanan nyo. mukhang kawawa talaga si santa fe kung dinala mo.

[ressie]

actually matagal an din yan mga sir last time we went there mga 4-5 years ago may dala kami sasakyan, kawawa talga ung sasakyan, buti na lng sir nels di mo dinala car mo.

kaya mostly lahat ng buses plying that area, CUL for example eh mostly leaf spring ang suspension nila kasi kung air bag sira agad, and the leaf spring give them the advantage to run at high speed at this road condition, may part pa nga dyan na worst ung mga concrete na nag cave in sa gitna, para talgang dagt maalon pag dumaan

kay pag dating ng bicol area since maganda ang daan except quirino (andaya high-way) eh ambibilis ng takbo ng mga bus from samar parang na excite sila sa patag na kalye, hehehehhe

one reason na din eh para habulin ung oras ng ferry sa sorsogon

im from albay by the way

san ka sir sa albay?

[nels76]

Thanks to TS for sharing this info...

will be helpful para sa road trip naman later this month....

Bale, how many hours yun biyahe from allen to calbayog na ok pa daan? then how many hours naman yung worst (calbayog-catbalogan)?

kakayanin kaya yan ng innova ko...


WBR,

Allen to Calbayog is about 2 hours. May mga tama din ang roads jan pero maiilagan pa naman.

Calbayog to Catbalogan is about 4 hours. The first few hours of the trip, medyo ok pa ang kalsada but as you get near Catbalogan, pasama na ng pasama ang kalsada.

Catbalogan to Hinabangan, medyo ok na and this is about a 2-hour drive.

Kakayanin yan ng Innova. Bagalan mo lang ang approach sa mga lubak.

[cocoy]

yup know this roads too well.. ive traveled through samar 4 times in 5 years,,,,, and to think my starex survive,, 01 tci model, only replacements on the suspension so far was to the front stabilizer linkage and upper ball joints.. last trip was december and january coming back.. i really hope this december the roads will be better.. how i wish it was just dirt roads and not the broken cement blocks....

[pup2]

yup know this roads too well.. ive traveled through samar 4 times in 5 years,,,,, and to think my starex survive,, 01 tci model, only replacements on the suspension so far was to the front stabilizer linkage and upper ball joints.. last trip was december and january coming back.. i really hope this december the roads will be better.. how i wish it was just dirt roads and not the broken cement blocks....

Problema lang dun pag umulan -- malamang maging parang craters yun. Pero I'd take constantly levelled dirt over constantly neglected broken pavement any day. WRC time! Woohoo!