PHP3B worth of infra for Cagayan De Oro bared

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CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, Jan. 4 (PNA) –- Various national government offices had allocated a total of PHP3 billion for various infrastructure projects in the city’s second district here for the year 2016, a lawmaker said Monday.

Second District Rep. Rufus Rodriguez said the biggest chunk went to the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) with an approved budget of PHP2.6 billion.

The DPWH projects involving the construction of a “tourist-friendly” passenger vessel terminal at the Port of Macabalan here is worth about PHP300 million, Rodriguez said.

Another is the construction of the PHP1.2 billion “Skyway” that would traverse from the village of Patag in the west to the city’s J.R. Borja St. in the east, he added.

The proposed diversion road from Sayre Highway in Balubal toward the Laguindingan airport was also approved, Rodriguez said.

Other infrastructure projects include flood control along the Cagayan De Oro River banks and drainage system to prevent flooding in the city’s major thoroughfares during heavy rains.

The Department of Health (DOH) has also approved PHP300 million for the expansion of the Northern Mindanao Medical Center (NMMC) to make one of the biggest public hospitals in Northern Mindanao.

Rodriguez said the DOH has also allocated an additional PHP24 million for the construction of health centers in the city’s second district.

Meanwhile, the Department of Education (DepEd) also approved the release of PHP200 million for the construction and repairs of public school buildings in the district.

The Department of Agriculture (DA) also approved PHP40 million, on top of the PHP24 million approved in 2015, for the construction of farm-to-market roads in the hinter villages in the city’s second congressional district.

“While the city government has an approved budget of only PHP2.02 billion, the second congressional district has an approved budget of about PHP3 billion this year,” Rodriguez said.