Road works on to boost Paracelis tourist sites

By Roger Sacyaten

PARACELIS, Mountain Province – Rough and slippery access roads leading to tourism spots in this eastern municipality will be a thing of the past as convergence projects of the Departments of Public Works and Highways (DPWH), Trade and Industry (DTI), and Tourism (DOT) are ongoing.

The DPWH-DOT convergence project is the Cassag-Bacarri-Camparadi-Cawayan-Bruringal-Sinamar road leading to tourism destinations Makilo Sphinx, Little Chocolate Hills, Waterfalls, and Mabarotbut Mud Spring with an initial P30 million allocation for 2021. The DPWH-DOT works are on for 2-lane, 2-km.

The contractor for this project is the Upland Construction and Engineering Services.

The other project which is the 1.6-km span of the 15-km Poblacion –Bantay-Buringal road. 

The contractor is MG Samidan Construction.

Engineer Jonnel Emingga head of the Construction Section of the Mountain Province Second District Engineering office based in the town, said projects are being smoothly implemented without kinks.

“There is no slippage as contractors and workers are reliable and hardworking”, he said.

It was learned that minor problems in the implementation stage such as those involving road rights-of-way are being resolved effectively with the help of the barangay officials and stakeholders.

District Engineer Rustom Martinez was discreet in his pronouncement about the continuation of the projects still a long way to complete the road lengths

“Anyway, the started projects are for multi-year implementation which means that the continuation of the projects is assured every year as long as the administration supportive,” he said.

With the tourism potentials of the town zooming out, the improvements of the access roads is a big boost, according to Municipal Tourism Officer Flora Madanom.

The town is known for the Mabarutbot Bubbling Mud Spring that accordingly contains methane gas, the Ansawang waterfalls and other falls, Nansusu Mound Hill, and its cultural heritage.

Lately, the municipal government launched eco-trail runs and the boating activity to promote the tourism industry of the town in preparation to the full fledge opening in the near future.

The town is also known for agricultural products such as banana and corn and the weaving products referred to as the colorful Bala’dang.