Government spending on infrastructure nearly doubled in July from the year-earlier level but fell short of its target for the month, data from the Department of Finance (DoF) showed.

The latest cash operations report released by the DoF showed infrastructure expenditure and other capital outlay by the government surged 92.9 percent to P38.3 billion in July from P19.9 billion spent a year earlier.

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