By Freddie Lazaro
CANDON CITY, Ilocos Sur – President Duterte inaugurated the Candon City bypass road in a ceremony held in Barangay Oaig Daya on Thursday.
President Rodrigo Roa Duterte drives through the Candon City Bypass Road in Ilocos Sur during its inauguration on July 25, 2019. With the President are Senator Christopher Lawrence "Bong" Go and Public Works and Highways Secretary Mark Villar. (SIMEON CELI JR. / PRESIDENTIAL PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN)
The President arrived in Candon in a presidential helicopter. He was then joined by Sen. Christopher Bong Go and Public Works and Highways Secretary Mark A. Villar for the ceremonial drive-through opening of the road.
Duterte and Villar then unveiled the marker for the bypass road.
In his message, the President called the road project an important component in his comprehensive infrastructure development program.
He acknowledged the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) for its work on the 7.319-kilometer bypass road.
“The bypass project is expected to promote economic activity and to enhance mobility in the urban and rural areas of Ilocos Sur and the neighboring provinces as well,” the President said.
“This project emphasizes the importance of infrastructure and connectivity in the overall development of our nation; that’s why the government continues to heavily invest in our “Build, Build, Build Program” to enhance the connectivity and improve the people’s movement,” he added.
Villar said the four-lane road was built in five phases with funding of P717.671 million.
He said it will decongest traffic on Manila North Road bound for Manila and to the northern towns of Ilocos Sur, Ilocos Norte, and Abra.
Motorists headed to the northern part of Ilocos can use the Candon road that starts at Barangay Ayudante and ends at Barangay Tablac, passing through eight barangays in Candon: Ayudante, Parioc 1st, Calaoan, Oaig Daya, Bagani Gabor, Bagani Campo, Bagani Ubbog and Tablac.
He said DPWH is working on realizing the commitment of the President for a north-to-south expressway network that will cut the travel time from Ilocos to Bicol from 18 hours to nine.
“The construction of the San Fernando City, La Union bypass road is ongoing, and we are looking more bypass road projects in Luzon area to hasten the travel time going to Ilocos,” said Villar.
Candon Mayor Ericson G. Singson expressed his overwhelming gratitude to the president for the completion of the bypass road project.
President Rodrigo Roa Duterte drives through the Candon City Bypass Road in Ilocos Sur during its inauguration on July 25, 2019. With the President are Senator Christopher Lawrence "Bong" Go and Public Works and Highways Secretary Mark Villar. (SIMEON CELI JR. / PRESIDENTIAL PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN)
The President arrived in Candon in a presidential helicopter. He was then joined by Sen. Christopher Bong Go and Public Works and Highways Secretary Mark A. Villar for the ceremonial drive-through opening of the road.
Duterte and Villar then unveiled the marker for the bypass road.
In his message, the President called the road project an important component in his comprehensive infrastructure development program.
He acknowledged the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) for its work on the 7.319-kilometer bypass road.
“The bypass project is expected to promote economic activity and to enhance mobility in the urban and rural areas of Ilocos Sur and the neighboring provinces as well,” the President said.
“This project emphasizes the importance of infrastructure and connectivity in the overall development of our nation; that’s why the government continues to heavily invest in our “Build, Build, Build Program” to enhance the connectivity and improve the people’s movement,” he added.
Villar said the four-lane road was built in five phases with funding of P717.671 million.
He said it will decongest traffic on Manila North Road bound for Manila and to the northern towns of Ilocos Sur, Ilocos Norte, and Abra.
Motorists headed to the northern part of Ilocos can use the Candon road that starts at Barangay Ayudante and ends at Barangay Tablac, passing through eight barangays in Candon: Ayudante, Parioc 1st, Calaoan, Oaig Daya, Bagani Gabor, Bagani Campo, Bagani Ubbog and Tablac.
He said DPWH is working on realizing the commitment of the President for a north-to-south expressway network that will cut the travel time from Ilocos to Bicol from 18 hours to nine.
“The construction of the San Fernando City, La Union bypass road is ongoing, and we are looking more bypass road projects in Luzon area to hasten the travel time going to Ilocos,” said Villar.
Candon Mayor Ericson G. Singson expressed his overwhelming gratitude to the president for the completion of the bypass road project.