Sun.Star Cagayan de Oro

FINALLY.

- By Jo Ann Sablad

Secretary Mark Villar of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) walks with Cagayan de Oro City Mayor Oscar Moreno, Misamis Oriental Governor Yevgeny ‘Bambi’ Emano, and other local officials during the inaugurati­on of the Coastal Road yesterday morning, November 10, 2017.

Public works Secretary Mark Villar opened the Coastal Road to vehicular traffic yesterday , November 10, and more infrastruc­ture projects for Cagayan de Oro City and Misamis Oriental are in the pipeline before President Rodrigo Duterte ends his term in 2022.

“Asahan nyo po na lahat ng projects ng DPWH (Department of Public Works and Highways) ay tatapusin sa lalong madaling panahon at asahan no po na maghahanap pa kami ng maraming projects na makakatulo­ng sa mga taga-Cagayan de Oro City at Misamis Oriental. Ito ay simula palang at marami pa kaming projects na makakatulo­ng sa ating kababayan (Expect all the projects of DPWH will be finished as soon as possible and expect that we will find more projects that will help the people of Cagayan de Oro and Misamis Oriental),” Villar said.

Villar acknowledg­ed the efforts and cooperatio­n of the local government units and local leaders saying the National Government allocated P400 million last year just to finish the 12.77-kilometer Coastal Road which was started in 1997.

The coastal road will serve as a bypass road starting from Barangay Gusa in the eastern side all the way to the western side in Barangay Igpit, Opol town in Misamis Oriental, thus connecting six barangays in the city and two barangays in Opol.

Aside from Villar, the inaugurati­on of the coastal road was also attended by Cagayan de Oro City Mayor Oscar Moreno, Misamis Oriental Governor Yevgeny Emano, First District Reprsentat­ive Rolando Uy, Second District Representa­tive Maximo Rodriguez Jr., DPWH-Northern Mindanao Director Virgilio Eduarte and Chief of Constructi­on Division and Project Engineer Virgie Nayve.

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