DA sets P45M for Mt Prov farm road projs

By Juliet B. Saley

                                                       

BONTOC, Mountain Province -- The Department of Agriculture  allocated this year P45 million for 14 farm-to-market roadprojects in the province coursed thru the Department of Public Works and Highways – Mt. Province District Engineering Office.

Based on the data provided by Engineer Randy Sagandoy of Construction Section of DPWH-MPDEO, P10 million of the total amount is appropriated for the construction/upgrading of Andanum-Banao-Guinzadan Norte FMR in Bauko; P5M each for the concreting of Maligcong FMR in this municipality and  improvement of Sinto-Monamon Norte FMR in Bauko; P4M for the construction/upgrading of Tawang-Bunot FMR in Paracelis, and P3M for the improvement/rehabilitation of Gisgisaan FMR in Bauko.

The amount of P2 million each was appropriated for the improvement/rehabilitation of the Kabatangan FMR and Data FMR,  both in Sabangan;  the Finnakar-Fangorao FMR here, the Bila-Bauko FMR in Bauko, and  the Poblacion-Bantay-Buringal FMR  in Paracelis.

P2M each is also appropriated for the construction/upgrading of the Codocod-Bangaan FMR and the Mabisil-Pakkil FMR, both in Sagada, the Bontoc-Mainit FMR, and the continuation/construction of Kaleo-Kadaclan FMR in Barlig.

According to Sagandoy, five of these projects were already bid out July 14 while opening of bids for seven projects is set July 16.

Two are still for advertisement.

Last year, the DA has also allotted the province the total amount of P128M for 13 FMRs and 8 of these are already completed.

Still on-going are the improvement/concreting of the Cadad-anan – Am-am Sadsadan FMR of  Bauko/Tadian with a project cost of P30M; improvement/concreting of Wala-Bunot-Tawang FMR in Paracelis(P32M); improvement of Sabangan-BagnenOriente Proper FMR of Sabangan/|Bauko(P28M), and  concreting of sitioMarallag FMR in Paracelis(P5M).

Junction national road, Lam-ayan FMR with a project cost of P10M is not yet started. It was bided out only last June 26, 2015 and under post qualification.