The P36.5 million road concreting project in San Carlos City is roughly 81 percent finished, and is expected to be completed next month by the Department of Public Works and Highways Negros Occidental Sub-District Engineering Office.
The improvement project involves paving with a 30-milimeter Portland Concrete Cement Pavement (PCCP) along the existing pavement to provide a safer and more resilient road, OIC-District Engineer Juan Alfonso Jorbina Sr.
It also includes improvement of bridge, construction of double-barrel reinforced concrete box culvert (RCBC), and safety and warning devices.
“The double-barrel RCBC will allow the effective utilization of the existing box culvert, which significantly contributes to the improvement of the drainage system in the city,” Jorbina said in a statement, adding that a more efficient drainage system increases the city’s resistance to flood, preventing possible damage to lives and properties.
Other than faster mobility and convenient travel, the road improvement also facilitates easier transport of local goods and services, boosting the local trade and economic development of San Carlos City and neighboring cities and towns, he said.
DPWH6 OIC regional director Sanny Boy Oropel said that roads make a crucial contribution to economic development and growth, and bring important social benefits. “They are of vital importance in order to make a nation grow and develop. Improving road networks will provide access to employment, social, health, and education services, he added.
The DPWH NegOcc 2nd DEO, meanwhile, said it completed the concrete paving of two local road sections in barangays Camangcamang and Mansablay, both in Isabela town.
The project in Barangay Camangcamang includes the construction of an 852-lineal meter two-lane concrete road, from Spillway to Bridge, and the reconstruction of a 426-lineal meter concrete shoulders on both sides, all worth P6.8 million.
The Barangay Mansablay road improvement, worth P8.8 million, includes the construction of a 1.24-lane kilometer, two-lane concrete road in Sitio Osvalfina, and the reconstruction of a 571-lineal meter shoulders on both sides and slope protection structures in selected areas, the DPWH said.
These paved roads will offer cost-efficient transport of products from farms to the market, ensuring shorter travel time; the time saved this way can help the rural poor to be more productive and generate other sources of income, Oropel said in a statement Thursday.
The DPWH also reported that three local roads leading to remote barangays in the towns of Ilog and Cauayan were upgraded and improved.
Undertaken by the 3rd DEO, these local road development efforts provide convenient access to the mountainous communities of Barangay Balicotoc and Sitio Lapak, Barangay 2, both in Ilog town, and Sitio Tagaytay in Barangay Camalanda-an, Cauayan town.
The road improvement in Barangay Balicotoc, which extends to Barangay Caningay in Candoni town, includes concrete paving of a 756-lineal meter long, six-meter wide, two-lane road in the amount of P11.88 million. It also includes the installation of solar LED lights for the safety of motorists and people in the community, especially at night.
The P9.9 million concreting of a 837-lineal meter long, five-meter wide, two-lane road in Sitio Lapak, Barangay 2 in Ilog also includes an aggregated sub-base course, reinforced steel, structure concrete, RCPC with headwalls in some sections, concrete barrier and grouted riprap.
The P12-million farm-to-market road project in Sitio Tagaytay, Barangay Camalanda-an in Cauayan involves the construction of a 462-lineal meter long, 6.1-meter wide, two-lane concrete road, grouted riprap, stone masonry, RCPC, and reflectorized thermoplastic pavement markings.
DE Rodney Gustilo said the road projects will help farmers, such as sugarcane planters, rice and coffee producers, and coconut planters, in the faster delivery of their products to milling stations.
“These better road conditions could cater to big trucks hauling sugarcane and other vehicles carrying farm products, thus, delivery from farms to the markets will be easier, faster, and cost-efficient,” Gustilo said. |
