Bataan allots P 219 million for infrastructure projects

BALANGA CITY, Bataan – The Provincial Government has allocated some P 219 million for the infrastructure  and school building projects  this year  to speed up development in the countryside.

Board Member Rolando Z. Tigas, Chairman of Housing and Land Utilization and Infrastructure Committees of the Bataan Sangguniang Panlalawigan (SP) explained the appropriation is intended for the improvement and construction of school facilities, flood control, improvement of farm to market roads and other programs which would create effective and efficient delivery of quality education, health, social and public services to residents.

Board Member Tigas, a former mayor of Samal town and one of the most respected contractors in Central Luzon, pointed out that Bataan Governor Albert Raymond S. Garcia is focusing on quality education, poverty alleviation and improvement of road networks as key mechanisms for the socio-economic prosperity of the historic peninsula.

He reiterated the provincial chief executive has envisioned more infrastructure projects under the Public and Private Partnership mode to make accessible the numerous designated industrial growth centers namely Mariveles, Limay, and Hermosa towns in the province to prospective foreign and local investors

He cited the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) in the province has earmarked P 3 billion for the widening and improvement of the 70-kilometer Roman Expressway which is now becoming one of the busiest thoroughfares in Central Luzon.

Board Member Tigas observed the operations of dockyards and port terminals, the country’s largest petroleum refinery and expansion of export–oriented manufacturing firms at the Freeport Area of Bataan, coal–powered plant, petrochemical park, and others have contributed to the problem of heavy traffic and adversely affected flow of goods and services.