DPWH · Region V
Flood control gets the attention. It is not the biggest line. Roads alone account for 173.69 billion pesos across 5,056 contracts, a third of all infrastructure spending in Bicol and more than flood control and bridges put together.
Source · DPWH Infrastructure Transparency dataset via the BetterGov.ph API. Pulled 17 August 2026. Bisto Proyekto runs the live filterable table on the same data.
Everything except flood control
Buildings outnumber roads by contract count and lose to them badly by value. That gap is the story of this chart.
| Category | Contracts | Total value | Average contract | Share of region |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roads | 5,056 | ₱173.69B | ₱34.4M | 32.8% |
| Flood control and drainage | 2,380 | ₱124.94B | ₱52.5M | 23.6% |
| Buildings and facilities | 5,093 | ₱62.40B | ₱12.3M | 11.8% |
| Bridges | 677 | ₱19.91B | ₱29.4M | 3.8% |
| Water provision and storage | 491 | ₱4.19B | ₱8.5M | 0.8% |
| Septage and sewerage plants | 1 | ₱31.5M | ₱31.5M | 0.0% |
By district office
Every category combined, ranked by total contract value awarded since 2016.
| District engineering office | Projects | Total value | Average | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Region V (regional office) | 1,981 | ₱158.06B | ₱79.8M | 29.8% |
| Albay 2nd DEO | 2,006 | ₱67.76B | ₱33.8M | 12.8% |
| Sorsogon DEO | 1,026 | ₱47.23B | ₱46.0M | 8.9% |
| Camarines Norte DEO | 1,791 | ₱30.16B | ₱16.8M | 5.7% |
| Albay 1st DEO | 663 | ₱29.68B | ₱44.8M | 5.6% |
| Sorsogon 2nd DEO | 890 | ₱28.56B | ₱32.1M | 5.4% |
| Albay 3rd DEO | 1,047 | ₱23.27B | ₱22.2M | 4.4% |
| Camarines Sur 2nd DEO | 730 | ₱21.99B | ₱30.1M | 4.1% |
| Camarines Sur 5th DEO | 965 | ₱21.60B | ₱22.4M | 4.1% |
| Camarines Sur 4th DEO | 1,189 | ₱20.81B | ₱17.5M | 3.9% |
| Camarines Sur 1st DEO | 850 | ₱16.94B | ₱19.9M | 3.2% |
| Masbate 2nd DEO | 866 | ₱15.83B | ₱18.3M | 3.0% |
| Catanduanes DEO | 1,069 | ₱15.48B | ₱14.5M | 2.9% |
| Masbate 3rd DEO | 757 | ₱11.52B | ₱15.2M | 2.2% |
| Camarines Sur 3rd DEO | 861 | ₱11.35B | ₱13.2M | 2.1% |
| Masbate 1st DEO | 509 | ₱10.05B | ₱19.7M | 1.9% |