The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) announced on Friday, Nov. 25, that it had completed two road connectivity projects for the rural communities in Tarlac City.
DPWH Secretary Manuel M. Bonoan said the newly-completed roads provided safer and more convenient travel for motorists and market access for farmers.
Citing reports from DPWH Regional Office 3 Director Roseller A. Tolentino, Bonoan identified the completed projects as the concreting of a 1.79-kilometer section of a local road in Barangay San Juan De Mata and the improvement of a 1.35-kilometer local road in Barangay Care.
With the completion of the projects, road users can now have a safe and convenient travel experience while also boosting Tarlac City's agricultural sector by providing farmers better accessibility to market centers.
The projects have a combined cost of P61.9 million, funded under the 2022 General Appropriations Act (GAA) and implemented by DPWH Tarlac 1st District Engineering Office (DEO).