BACOLOD City – The completion of P29.5-million worth of road projects is seen to improve the mobility of farmers and residents in remote agricultural areas of southern Negros Occidental.
In barangays Vista Alegre and Consuelo of Ilog town, at least 173 households are now benefiting from a newly-completed P19.6-million concreted road, the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Region 6 said on Monday, Jan. 9.
On the other hand, farmers from Barangay Tagukon in the adjacent Kabankalan City could now transport their produce faster through the improved two-lane road worth P9.9 million.
DPWH regional director Nerie Bueno said the 945.5-lineal meter road in Ilog, which is situated along farmlands and agricultural areas planted to sugarcane and crops, will benefit farmers and agricultural producers.
“People in the barangays of Vista Alegre and Consuelo now have easier access to the town proper for their essential needs. Social, health, educational and other necessary government services will also be easily delivered,” she added.
In Barangay Tagukon, where most areas cultivate palay, bananas, sugarcanes, and vegetables as the residents’ primary source of living, the paved road improves mobility, eases the transport of farm products and provides easier access to basic government services.
Farmer Falconiere Gomez said through the concrete road, vehicles can now reach their farms, allowing them to easily transport their produce to the market.
“We used to carry these ourselves or use animals for transport. Traveling to the market then took a long time,” he added.
The road concreting projects were implemented by the Negros Occidental Third District Engineering Office headed by district engineer Rodney Gustilo. (PNA)/PN
