The construction of the P300-million, three-kilometer
initial portion of the New Bacolod Economic Highway (BEH) road project started
Friday, April 21.
Leah Jamero, Assistant District Engineer of Department of
Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Bacolod City Engineering District, said the
project involves a four-lane road from Barangay Sum-ag to Barangay Cabug.
Spanning three kilometers from Barangay Sum-ag to Barangay
Cabug, the road project is part of the 21-kilometer BEH amounting to
P4.8-billion.
Jamero said the three kilometers will traverse private lands
going to Barangay Cabug, where 75 percent of the land owners have agreed with
the DPWH to start the construction within their properties.
The groundbreaking rites for road project, which is also
part of the first phase of Bacolod-Silay Airport Access Road II, was led by
DPWH Secretary Mark Villar in February this year.
The civil works contract of P164.799 million was awarded to
International Builders Corp.
The project is expected to be completed by May 20, 2018.
The 21-kilometer BEH will cover areas across Barangays
Sum-ag, Cabug, Felisa, Handumanan, Mansilingan, Estefania, Granada, Mandalagan,
and Bata.
Bacolod City Lone District Representative Greg Gasataya said
Secretary Villar has committed that the DPWH will finish the entire BEH project
in three years.
Mayor Evelio Leonardia said the road project will change the
infrastructure “complexion” of Bacolod.
He added that once the 21-kilometer highway is fully
developed, the city will organize the Bacolod Marathon like those being held in
Boston, New York, Chicago, and Tokyo.
“We will also have a Bacolod Marathon in the future. For
sure, hundreds or even thousands of visitors, will come here,” Leonardia said.
Source: Philippine News Agency
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