ZAMBOANGA CITY -- The city government on Monday demolished 31 shanties to pave the way for the construction of PhP27 million road project aimed to help decongest traffic and spur development.
Cesar Jimenez Jr., Housing and Land Management Division (HLMD) chief, said the road with 1.5 kilometer stretch will link Barangay Tetuan to Barangay Kasanyangan.
Jimenez said the occupants of the shanties will be relocated at the city government-owned resettlement site in Barangay Tulungatung in this city’s west coast.
Jimenez said that 20 families have earlier relocated to Barangay Tulungatung.
He said the shanties should have been demolished in 2011 but the occupants were given enough time to voluntarily vacate the site hence, delayed the implementation of the road project.
He said the project implementation was further delayed by the Zamboanga siege that happened in September 2013.
There was no resistance from the shanty owners during the demolition on Monday since they were already given sufficient time to relocate.
Jimenez said the completion of the road project will help ease traffic along Veterans Avenue that serve as the main thoroughfare for east coast bound vehicles.
He said it will also spur development since the barangays of Tetuan and Kasanyangan are home to several business establishments. (PNA) NOVEMBER 2017
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