Cong. Rene L. Relampagos announced that an additional P343 million worth of road concreting work will be implemented in Panglao Island. Specifically, he said that this will be used for the widening and concreting of the Panglao Island Circumferential Road. He disclosed that a total of three road sections around Panglao Island Circumferential Road have been bid out by the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Regional Office to determine the best contractor who could undertake the implementation of the project.
The total project cost of the three road section is P343 million which is part of the P700 million that Cong. Relampagos has succeeded in including under the General Appropriations Act of 2013 for road improvement projects in his district under the DPWH budget. The bidding was conducted last March 22 at the DPWH Regional Office. With the bidding of these projects, this would amount to a total of P616 million that have been provided for in the widening and concreting of the Panglao Island Circumferential Road. Earlier, an amount of P163 million was provided under the GAA 2012 and another P110 million from the Department of Tourism and DPWH Tourism Road Convergence Fund. Presently, the implementation of these two projects is on-going from Sitio Union Barangay Poblacion, to Totolan, Songculan, Tabalong, Bingag and Boundary of Tangnan, Panglao.
Relampagos added that he looks forward to getting to provide the needed funds to complete the funding requirement for the road improvement work of the Panglao Island Circumferential Road within the next two to three years which still needs another P600 million more or less.
Relampagos emphasized that the improvement of this road will definitely improve a lot the tourism potential of Panglao Island which comprises the municipalities of Dauis and Panglao. This road network is very important because this will serve as an alternate road going to the new airport site which is also being prepared for bidding within the last quarter of this year by the Department of Transportation and Communication to be funded under the JICA ODA Step loan in the total amount of P7.2 billion.
To date, Relampagos has successfully secured the amount of P1.9 billion for the improvement of various national roads and bridges and priority local roads in his district. Some are already completed; others are on-going and some are yet to be implemented having been bid out only just recently. Relampagos expressed for and in behalf of the people of the first district their sincere thanks and appreciation to President Benigno S. Aquino III and the DPWH thru Sec. Rogelio Singson for prioritizing and supporting the development initiatives in his district.
Relampagos said that as Boholanos, we should show our gratitude and appreciation to the administration by supporting always the program and initiatives of the president. (by Jill Christianae R. Robinson)
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