The proposed Iloilo-Guimaras-Negros bridges project received the unanimous support of members of the Provincial Development Council during its quarterly meeting Sept. 9 at the Provincial Capitol Social Hall in Bacolod City.
Presided over by Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson, the PDC, which approved the proposed inter-island bridges project, will endorse it to the Sangguniang Panlalawigan of Negros Occidental for concurrence, before the resolution of support will be forwarded to the Regional Development Council for approval.
During the PDC meeting, the Department of Public Works and Highways also gave an update on the status of the proposed project, while Provincial Administrator, Atty. Rayfrando Diaz, presented the development direction of the province, based on the Abanse Negrense Priority Development Agenda.
The PDC also approved the Provincial Commodity Investment Plan for Coffee, as presented by Provincial Agriculturist Edmundo Raul Causing./GB
