PUGO,
La Union – Through a loan from the World Bank (WB) granted to the Department of
Agriculture (DA), the Balecbec-Basca Farm to Market Road (FMR) and Balecbec
Bridge will soon be rehabilitated.
The
FMR road and bridge will benefit farmers in the far-flung and mountainous
barangay of Balecbec in Naguilian,
La Union who have to walk around four
kilometers on rough, unpaved roads to bring their products to the provincial
road, where tricycles are available.
It
gets more complicated for those traveling with heavier loads, wherein they have
to hire a “pasagad” or a carabao-drawn wooden sleigh for P100 per sack.
However,
before Gov. Manuel C. Ortega’s administration ends, and with the help of the
DA, their lives are soon to change.
The
new almost-eight kilometer world-class road and 30 linear meter bridge—which is
a Philippine Rural Development Project (PRDP) project–will also directly
benefit the Municipality of Aringay as the FMR transverses all the way to
Barangay Basca.
Businessmen
are expected to soon come to the area to buy products, especially mangoes, and
will add to increased production and profit.
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