MAASIN CITY, Southern Leyte, Dec.
13 (PNA) - The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) is eyeing to
complete next year the Php112-million circumferential road in the historic
island town of Limasawa, Southern Leyte.
The Southern Leyte District
Engineering Office has already bid out the Php44.1-million for the concreting
of the remaining 1.637 kilometers of unpaved road.
The entire road stretch has been
tagged by the DPWH and Department of Tourism as a priority under the tourism
infrastructure project.
District Engineer Ma. Margarita C.
Junia said paving the rural road network reaffirms the government’s commitment
to link all villages in the historic town to prop up the local economy.
The DPWH started the concreting
project in 2013 with an outlay of Php36 million for 1.23 kilometers. For 2014,
the project got a PhP32 million funding for 1.1 kilometers.
The road links the six villages of
the town --San Agustin, San Bernardo, Triana, Magallanes, Cabulihan and
Lugsongan.
“The completion of concreting is
part of the preparation for the 500th commemoration of the First Mass on March
31, 2021,” Junia said.
Limasawa is the site of the
national shrine where the First Catholic Mass in the Philippines and Asia was
celebrated on March 21, 1521.
Limasawa is a sixth class town and
an island of the same name in Southern Leyte, with a population of only 6,000,
making it the smallest town in the province, both in population and area.
The island town holds an annual
commemoration of the first Catholic Mass in the Philippines through the
Sinugdan Festival every March 31.
Aside from its rich history, the
town is also endowed with natural wonders. The island is surrounded with clear
blue water and white sand beaches. (PNA)
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