Usec. Alfredo Tolentino (L) brief President Aquino and Bulacan officials. |
BOCAUE,
Bulacan—While he did not publicly spoke, President Benigno Aquino III was
elated with the early completion of two majors infrastructure projects in
Bulacan where the government saved at least P163-Million.
This
came as the President led the inaugural drive thru at the 14-kilometer
Plaridel-Bustos arterial by-pass road project and the Bocaue bridge on March 1
before joining Liberal Party (LP) senatorial candidates in a sortie in Pampanga
yesterday.
It
was also noticeable that no LP senatorial candidates joined the President in
Bulacan, however, he was greeted by local party mates and supporters in the
ceremonial inauguration of the said projects.
The
said projects were both aimed to decongest traffic along the Cagayan Valley
Road in Plaridel town, and along the MacArthur Highway in Bocaue, but the
inauguration left traffic flow along the MacArthur Highway at stand still for
about an hour.
During
the project brief at the Bocaue bridge, the President was visibly elated when
Public Works Secretary Alfredo Tolentino reported that the government saved
P163-Million on the Plaridel-Bustos arterial road bypass.
For
the Bocaue Bridge rehabilitation and expansion project, the government.saved
about P4-M.
Both
projects, Tolentino said were completed ahead of schedule, emphasizing that the
Plaridel-Bustos by-pass was completed three months ahead of its target
completion.
The
report was well received by the President as he even led local official in giving
an applause to Tolentino’s presentation.
Tolentino
also disclosed that phase 2 of the Plaridel bypass road will be bidded on March
5.
The
said project included a 1.5-kilometer bridge that will span the Angat River and
will extend the bypass to Barangay Maasim in San Rafael town.
Tolentino
said that the phase 2 of the project includes package 3 and four with a
combined length of more than 10-kilometers.
It
is expected to be completed by the first quarter of 2016, but Tolentino added
that if the project will be implemented 24 hours a day, it will be completed by
2015.
As
a possible impact, he said that it will reduce traffic congestion along the
busy Cagayan Valley Road by 40 percent.
PNoy led the inaugural drive thru at Plaridel-Bustos bypass road. |
The
project will also reduced travel time of northeastern Bulacan and Central Luzon
travelers to metro Manila by at least one hour and half.
For
his part, Governor Wilhelmino Alvarado said the completion of the
Plaridel-bypass road opened new frontiers for development in the province.
He
said that more land developers and other investors are eyeing Plaridel, Bustos
and San Rafael towns.
“We
cannot blame them, they see opportunities and we welcome them as they open new
job opportunities for Bulakenyos.
This
was affirmed by Mayor Arnel Mendoza of Bustos town.
Mendoza
said that at least for new gas station opened in his town since the completion
of the Plaridel Bypass road last November, while more residential subdivisions
are being planned.
The
Mayor said that they are now revising their comprehensive land us plan to open
new areas for development in his town while preserving their agricultural
lands. Dino Balabo
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