“This particular road
provides an alternative route from Tacloban going to Ormoc for motorists who
usually make use of the Palo-Carigara-Ormoc Road, which has become busy being a
prime highway in the region,” said District Engineer Carlos Veloso on Thursday.
The road network is
one of the highways being opened and upgraded by the district office to offer
new routes especially during bad weather and times of calamity that render some
road portions impassable.
Covering the towns of
Carigara, Barugo and Babatngon in Leyte, the widening of the Bagahupi-Santa
Cruz-Barugo-Carigara got an allocation of PHP34 million.
With the
Bagahupi-Santa Cruz-Barugo-Carigara Road, travel time is now reduced by as much
as one hour and 45 minutes from Tacloban City to Ormoc City.
Tacloban City, the
regional capital, can now be reached through roads in Barugo, San Miguel and
Babatngon. It is a shorter route than the existing commonly used highway
of Carigara-Jaro-Alang-Sta Fe-Palo-Tacloban.
Meanwhile, Veloso
reiterated his call on local government units with recently widened highways
under the DPWH road widening program, to help maintain and preserve these roads
by prohibiting private vehicles to use it as parking areas.
He urged local
government units to pass ordinances so this prohibition can be fully realized.
DPWH is committed to
building better national road network as it recognizes its importance in
maximizing the potential of the country’s world-class tourism destinations and
providing safer and better transportation, he said. (ACR/PNA)
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