DPWH sets 87 projects for ComVal in 2015

NABUNTURAN, Compostela Valley, March 2, 2015 - A total of 87 national and local projects are set in Compostela Valley in 2015, a high-ranking official of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) said.

Director Mariano Alquiza of DPWH Regional Office XI revealed during the press conference on February 24 hosted by DPWH ComVal District Office in Nabunturan that these projects amounted to around PhP616 million.

Alquiza said around PhP389 million of this budget is allocated for national projects which include construction and rehabilitation of national roads and other infrastructures while approximately PhP225 million is allocated for local projects.

DPWH ComVal District Engineer Joselito Caballero said that 76 of these projects are already completed while 11 of these projects are ongoing.

On the other hand, ComVal Provincial Tourism Officer Christine Dompor said during a separate press conference that Compostela Valley is a recipient of five tourism road projects under the Tourism Road Infrastructure Project (TRIP) of the Department of Tourism (DOT) in partnership with DPWH.

With an allocation of PhP330 million, these TRIP road projects will be implemented this year which are aimed at connecting hard-to-reach tourism destinations.

Dompor added the DPWH will develop these road projects regardless of classification and said “even if the road is a provincial or barangay road, the DPWH can still improve on it thru the TRIP.”

Among the TRIP projects in ComVal include the concreting of Nabunturan Public Market Road and the concreting of Brgy Pindasan, Mabini Circumferential Road leading to Kopiat Island, Lunod Island and Mabini beach resorts.

Also included are tourism road projects that connect to the province’s major waterfalls such as the Tagbibinta and Maranging falls in Maragusan and Tadja Falls in New Bataan. Another road project would lead to the White Peak Mountain in New Bataan.  (james labrigas/ids comval)