Upgrading of road network and port facilities lead to economic prosperity

BALANGA CITY, Bataan – A public transport operator in Valenzuela City, Bulacan has admired  the constant infrastructure improvement of the local government focusing on strategic road network and port facilities that would  precisely  lead to  long-range economic prosperity.

Aristotle Ona, a former Overseas Filipino Worker (OFW) and  operator of  some 10  units of taxicabs, is amazed by the excellent foresight of Bataan Governor Albert  Raymond S. Garcia of adopting the economic corporate fundamentals initiated by the late Governor and Congressman Enrique “Tet” Garcia,Jr. of giving preference to infrastructure development and providing favorable  investment scenario  and business-friendly atmosphere in the historic peninsula.

Ona said the basic advantages of Bataan peninsula as premier industrial hub in Central Luzon is mainly recognized on its accessibility status to Metro Manila and to the country’s foremost free ports namely: Freeport Area of Bataan, Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) in Olongapo City and Clark Freeport in Angeles City.

The existence of an all-weather-type road network and naturally situated port facilities of the historic peninsula interconnecting the province’s seven economic zones are principally the two vital factors to realize eco-industrial growth of Bataan peninsula, Ona said.

He has rationalized the national government embarking on economic dispersal platform by encouraging potential locators to open their manufacturing plants and commercial enterprises outside of Metro Manila as a plausible step of motivating investors to Bataan.

One of the logical an progressive phases  of  infrastructure  program of Governor Garcia is the  reported action by the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH ) central office  of commissioning the University of the Philippines (UP) to undertake comprehensive research and exhaustive technical study of the proposed expansion of the  68 kilometers  Roman Superhighway  from four lanes into six lanes, Ona added.