MARAWI CITY, Lanao del Sur, May 29 (PIA) --- The completion of the Dream Road 2 which aims to connect Marawi City and the municipalities of Kapai and Tagoloan, Lanao del Sur to Talakag, Bukidnon is continuously being pushed by the provincial government.
Incumbent Lanao del Sur Governor Mamintal "Bombit" Alonto Adiong, Jr. visited on May 27, the upper area Tagoloan, to check the site where the 32-kilometre Upper Tagoloan section of the 65-kilometre Marawi-Kapai-Tagoloan-Talakag, Bukidnon Road shall be constructed.
Adiong said the Department of Public Works and Highways in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (DPWH ARMM) has already allotted P250 million for the construction of the Upper Tagoloan section which shall begin next month.
Adiong said the road, dubbed Dream Road 2 is an alternate route to Cagayan de Oro City. When fully paved, travel time from Marawi to Cagayan de Oro will only be an hour and a half. Currently, the route taken by Marawi residents in going to Cagayan de Oro is the 3-hour Marawi-Iligan-CDO national road.
Adiong also said that investors, farmers and businessmen from Region 10 can easily transport their goods and products to the province and vice versa given the shorter travel time and lesser traffic.
A total of P111 million from the DPWH ARMM was already spent on the road rehabilitation and construction of the Kapai section. Another P75 million from the 2016 budget of DPWH Region 10 has been allotted for the ongoing construction of the Lower Tagoloan section.
The office of ARMM Regional Governor Mujiv Hataman has entered into a Memorandum of Agreement with the provincial government of Lanao del Sur wherein additional funds of P230 million is allotted for the ongoing construction of the Dream Road 2.
According to Engr. Mickey Macabantog of DPWH Region 10, they have also requested an additional P250 million from the 2017 national budget for the full completion of the road.
Mayor Misangcad Capal of Tagoloan said he looks forward to the full completion of the Dream Road 2 as this shall benefit his constituents.
Association of Baranggay Chairpersons (ABC) President of Tagoloan town and vocal youth leader Dulce Capal said the road shall make it easier for the children of Upper Tagoloan to go to school in Lower Tagoloan and Kapai. As of the present, they have to climb steep mountains by foot just to go to school. (APB/PIO-Lanao del Sur/PIA-10)
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