Truck floats on makeshift ferry using two wooden boats to cross river in Rizal

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A group of villagers used a makeshift ferry made from two wooden boats to help a truck driver cross across a river.

The locals assisted the trucker in transporting his blue vehicle through the leg-deep water in Rizal on January 4.

Footage captured by Dawin Ilustre shows the four-wheeler mounted on a plywood platform, kept afloat by two dinghies lashed together.

Once they reached the rocky bank, the men moored the boats at each end to prevent them from drifting as the driver carefully maneuvered the truck back onto dry land.

“This is how we do things here. In the rainy season, we use boats. In the dry season, we build a wooden bridge for cars. We take the bridge down when it rains so the wood doesn’t get carried away by the river,” Ilustre said.

The Philippines has long struggled with aging infrastructure, with many roads and bridges falling short of safety standards.

Ongoing issues within the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) have seen private contractors linked to inflated costs and stolen funds, leaving projects unfinished or poorly built and raising safety concerns.