MP formulates Provincial Governance Reform Roadmap
BONTOC, MOUNTAIN PROVINCE. The provincial Government of Mountain Province formulates its Provincial Governance Reform Roadmap (PGRR) for CY 2019-2022 as a requirement of the Conditional Matching Grant to the Province (CMGP) that focus on the development of the provincial roads all over the country.
The PGRR illustrates the performance targets for local roads and its corresponding fiscal management including the strategies to achieve and sustain these reform areas.
The provincial government with the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) conducted a 3day Workshop and Consultation on the Formulation of PGRR on Local Road Management (LRM) and Public Financial Management (PFM) on Oc-
tober 4-5 at Ridgebrook Hotel. The activity was participated by heads of offices and staff of the Provincial Government.
The activity output was then presented during the 3-day workshop held at Clark, Pampanga on October 15-17, 2018 by the DILG and the United Nations Development Program (UNDP). This was participated by the provinces of Abra, Apayao, Ifugao, Mountain Province, Benguet, Ilocos Sur, La Union, Batangas, Laguna and Cavite.
According to DILG Provincial Director Anthony Ballug, CMGP is the successor of the KALSADA Program which was initiated in FY 2016 following the successful completion of the Australian Aid’s Provincial Road Management Facility which covered 10 pilot provinces of the country.
The provincial planners headed by Governor Bonifacio Lacwasan, Jr. are optimistic the status of life of the people in Mountain Province will be significantly improved with the implementation of the PGRR starting for 2019 to 2022 that focus more on the local roads improvement. For according to governor’s frequent messages, roads are considered as integral foundation for bringing communities together towards achieving progress.
A total of 325 kilometers provincial roads are being maintained by the provincial government which most of the stretch remains unpaved due to financial constrains.
According to Engineer Eduardo Mayames of the Provincial Engineer’s Office, they are targeting at least five kilometers to be paved, with a corresponding fund of more or less 93 Million, for 2019 from the CMGP.