New 2.2-km road boosts Benguet tourism, trade

TUBLAY, Benguet – This landlocked agricultural municipality is now more accessible to tourists and traders with completion of the new Acop-Kapangan-Kibungan-Bakun Junction to Bangho-Daclan-Basil-Tublay Central Road.

                  Public Works and Highways Secretary Mark A. Villar said safer and more convenient travel awaits tourists visiting Tublay with the completion of the 2.2-km concrete road that serves as alternate route for the Acop-Kabangan-Kibungan-Bakun Road.

The construction of the new Acop-Kapangan-Kibungan-Bakun Junction to Bangho-Daclan-Basil-Tublay Central Road is part of the “roads leveraging linkages of industry and trade” or the ROLL IT program of the Dept. of Trade and Industry and DPWH to provide economic opportunities in the municipality.

The road project involves constructing new access road, slope protection, curb and gutter, installation of concrete barrier in high elevation areas.

According to DPWH Benguet Second District engineer Romelda A. Bangasan, a total of P84.7-million was allocated for the road project which also involved widening of narrow road sections from eight to nine meters.

                “Aside from the boost in tourism, we are glad to provide better road infrastructure to facilitate faster delivery of goods from farms to markets as the municipality is one of the major vegetable producers in the Cordilleras,” said Sec. Villar. -- DPWH