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By Rey Anthony Chiu
Philippine Information Agency
July 7, 2007

Bohol Officials and Sandugo organizers believe this year’s festival would be boosted by homing residents taking the Central Highway of the government’s flagship Strong Republic Nautical Highways (SRNH) Roll-on roll-off ports.

The SRNH-RoRo Ports system is an intricate network of "improved" roads and ports in various regions which "bridge" the country’s three main islands: Luzon, the Visayas and Mindanao. This also should connect Boholanos back to their roots especially during the Sandugo Festival.

In July, when Bohol celebrates its festival of festivals, Boholanos who have gone outside of the province to work and find their fortunes home for the festival’s activities. With the road networks now connected, travel from Luzon, the Visayas and Mindanao to Bohol has suddenly become easy, affordable, convenient and interesting for homing paisanos.

The Central Highway, an alternate to the Maharlika Highway is a highway that connects Mindanao to Bohol via a land trip from the southwest-most end of Zamboanga or the southeast end of Davao del Sur to Cagayan de Oro or Balingoan Misamis Oriental to Camiguin and then to a boat trip to the Roro ports of Jagna, Tagbilaran.

Meanwhile, Boholanos homing from Luzon could now take their cars from the tip of Appari to Luzon down to Camarines Sur, boat to Masbate Roro port, then to Cebu and then Bohol. Another alternative is to take the Maharlika down to Bato Leyte and then ferry to Ubay Roro Port.

The Central Highway of the SRNH is a network of "A-1" roads and ferries which has cut down considerably travel time and spoilage of goods being distributed to the different parts of the country, President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo boasted during her visit to re-open the port of Jagna.

In her message, the President pointed out that aside from the convenience of shorter travel times offered to travelers with the construction of these routes of the SRNH, spoilage of farm produce has been lessened which in turn has translated to larger income for farmers.

The president also opened the Western Highway which affords better Luzon-Mindanao access, which she said would spur inter-island farm trade, improve distribution of basic goods, reduce travel time and transportation costs and promote domestic tourism.

In the Western Highway of the SRNH, instead of taking Bicol, travelers take a "short cut" to the Batangas port, take a RoRo to Calapan City, Oriental Mindoro, drive by land to Roxas, Oriental Mindoro, take another RoRo to Caticlan, road trip to Iloilo, RoRo to Bacolod City, road trip to Dumaguete City, Roro to Cebu and then Tagbilaran.

She explained that the two SNRH-RoRo system is a better and improved version of the original RoRo system envisioned by the former Marcos to cut travel time between Luzon and the Visayas and Mindanao. Travel time through the improved highway is now 17 hours shorter compared to travel time traversing the Maharlika Highway for the same destination.

The President noted that the Marcos-initiated Maharlika Highway was also a combination of roads and ports which stretched from Aparri, Cagayan in the north to Davao City in the south.

From Aparri, travellers would take the Maharlika Highway to Matnog in Sorsogon, take a ferry to Allen in Northern Samar, cross the San Juanico Bridge to the tip of Southern Leyte, then ferry to Surigao and proceed to Davao City by land route.

Aside from spurred tourism and inter-island trade, the SRNH-RoRo system assures the easy, economical and efficient delivery of basic goods as vegetables and livestock to and from destinations as well as reduced transportation costs.

Tourists taking the Central route have openly admired the "scenic" routes on their way to the country’s numerous tourists destinations.

When tourists take the SRNH, the should be able to see a good example of where increased revenue collections from the Expanded Value Added Tax (EVAT) Law have gone to good use, Arroyo shared. (rachiu/PIA)


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