By LITO RULONA Correspondent THE Roads and Traffic Administration (RTA) started another rerouting scheme––this time, at a section of the highway in Bulua––as the public works department started a project aimed at elevating the part of the flood-prone road. The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) temporarily closed two lanes of the four-lane highway at the junction near the Bulua market and terminal. The closed lanes are being used by motorists bound from Bulua to the city proper. The two remaining lanes are now being shared by motorists bound towards opposite directions. Lawyer Jose Edgardo Uy, chairman of city hall’s Hapsay Dalan Task Force, told local radio trucks were no longer allowed to pass through that section of the highway. The trucks are to take the coastal road from Puntod to Igpit in Misamis Oriental, vice versa. Uy advised motorists in Bulua and neighboring areas who are bound to Upper Carmen to take the Macapagal Road. He said those going to Carmen may take the Patag road. Sandra Flores, spokesperson of the Department of Public Works and Highways in the region, said the 300-meter and four-lane construction project started on Thursday morning. The goal, she said, is to do away with the recurring problem on flooding along the Bulua-Kauswagan highway. Flores said the second phase would be work on the two lanes at the other side. She said the DPWH would also improve the drainage to Sapang Creek underneath the road. She said the drainage was put in place during the Magtajas administration through the Rural Cities Development Projects (RCDP). The project was awarded by the DPWH to Jejors Construction, the same firm that is elevating the Bitan-ag Creek on CM Recto Ave..