Kennon Road reopening slated on Valentines Day

By Larry Cuenca

BAGUIO CITY -- Kennon Road will now be accessible to private vehicles beginning on Valentines Day (Feb. 14) but it cannot be used if you are going down from this summer capital to the lowlands. 

According to the Cordillera Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council, vehicles can only use the historic road if they are going up to Baguio or areas along the way.

Other routes from Baguio to the lowlands are Marcos and Naguillan roads including the newly opened Asin Road.

Kennon Road will be re-opened 6 a.m. from Feb. 22 to March 4 for private vehicles and motorists coming up, but the residents of Benguet particularly Tuba town are granted right to use both of lanes. 

Kennon Road can only be used by tourists until March 10 when the Panagbenga Festival in Baguio is finished.

Panagbenga started Feb.

The Dept. of Public Works and Highways closed Kennon Road some months ago to rehabilitate it after many portions were destroyed as a result of typhoons and landslides.