It was in
2004 when the legendary Amburayan River two shores in Sudipen, La Union and
Alilem, Ilocos Sur was finally linked by a dry crossing, the Friendship Bridge.
Since its inauguration 12 years
ago, the Friendship Bridge has offered safe and comfortable transportation to
the residents of Alilem. More importantly, the bridge became a significant
structure uplifting livelihood activities in the area.
“Gone were the days when the
people of Alilem have to use bangkas to transport their goods and get soaked in
the raging waters of the mighty Amburayan River,” says Mar
Ruel Sumabat.
Today, the bridge is bringing
major social and economic benefits to the people of Ilocos Sur and Benguet
provinces. With agriculture as main source of income, root crops, rice, fruits,
corn and tobacco are some of their major produce.
Luzon Hydro
started its construction of the bridge in January 2003.
Fourteen months later, with about 120 workers involved and a total cost of 60
million pesos, the dream bridge stands in service to the people.
The bridge rises 15 meters from
the Amburayan River. With a length of 292 meters and width of 5 meters, the
bridge connects Barangay Namaltugan of Sudipen and Barangay Dalawa of Alilem.
DENR awards Luzon Hydro
To Luzon Hydro, sustainability
is no longer a buzzword.
Sustainability is Luzon Hydro’s
responsible stewardship on the resources it optimizes to operate. For Luzon
Hydro, sustainability means constantly innovating to bring development to the
remotest areas with up-to-date environment-friendly technology. The pivotal
role of Luzon Hydro in the community is to provide reliable, reasonable, and
responsible power that improve the lives of the locals, while respecting the
environment where it operates.
Luzon Hydro is on its ongoing
commitment to environmental responsibility. It takes pride on its strides
through the years to increase the efficiency in conserving resources. The
Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) lauded the best
practices of Hedcor in managing the upper and lower Amburayan rivers.
Every tree we plant counts
Luzon Hydro’s vow is to preserve
the watershed through its notable environmental initiative program: reforestation.
With a workforce composed of Luzon Hydro, the local government units and the
local community, contributing to the efforts, tree planting has been
strengthened boosting more than 2.8 million trees planted.
Fruit bearing trees are usually
planted because they will not only serve to sequester carbon dioxide in the
atmosphere, but they will also be sources of food and possibly livelihood for
the locals. All the trees planted will serve as water aquifers or part of soil
stabilization measures.
Stabilizing Amburayan banks
Exploitation of river resources
had led to significant degradation of freshwater biodiversity together with
the services rivers provide. Because of this, Luzon Hydro is driven for a
more direct and active collaboration among the communities along esteros or
creeks and rivers to achieve a cleaner, safer and healthier rivers. Luzon Hydro
optimizes the might of the river on its power generation, and it is just right
to conditioned the river on its natural and abundant state.
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FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT:
LLOYD REVILLA
Corporate Communications,
Reputation Management
lloyd.revilla@aboitiz.com
0998 5895290
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