FIVE road projects worth P330 million and designed to boost tourism are scheduled in Compostela Valley this year.
The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) in Davao Region said three of the projects, amounting to P250 million, will be implemented by the regional office.The other two, amounting to P80 million, will be implemented by the Compostela Valley-District Engineering Office (DEO).
The projects are the P80 million concreting of Bantacan road leading to Tadia Fall of New Bataan; P80 million concreting of New Albay-Marangig road in Maragusan leading to Marangig Waterfalls and Pyalitan Waterfalls in Maragusan; and the P90 million concreting of road from Ubuton, New Bataan to Camp Uno leading to White Peak, New Bataan.
The projects to be implemented by the Comval-DEO are the P40 million concreting of Nabunturan Public Market Road and the P40 million concreting of Barangay Pindasan Circumferential Road in Mabini leading to Kopiat and Lunod Island and MabiniBeact Resorts.
The five projects will have a total length of 11.20 kilometers.
The projects were identified through the Convergence Program of the Department of Tourism (DOT) and the DPWH.
Christine Dompor, Compostela Valley provincial tourism officer, said 13 projects were lined up for 2015 but only the five were approved. (RJF)
Published in the Sun.Star Davao newspaper on February 19, 2015.
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