By Venus May H.
Sarmiento
MANGALDAN, Pangasinan -- The Dept. of Public Works and Highways has completed the first phase of the road leading to an eco-tourism park in this town.
Facing the Angalacan River, the
900-meter concrete road has a river protection barrier of 1 meter x 1
meter x 0.5 meter parapet walls and 200-meter flood control system
consisting of six-meter long per sheet pile project that extends to Barangay
Embarcadero area up to Barangay Nibaliw.
District engineer Edita Manuel of
Pangasinan 2nd District Engineering Office said the road and eco-tourism
project will serve as access route leading to the park being developed as a
tourist destination and boost development by providing alternative source of
livelihood and economic benefits to town folks specifically Barangays
Embarcadero, Nibaliw, Tebag and Salaan.
“The 44.8-million project is not only built
to have an accessible means to the developing tourist spot but will also aid in
controlling the entry of flood water in the locality. Residents along the road
were provided with driveways and intersecting roads adjacent to the road
project,” Manuel said in a report sent to the Philippine Information Agency.
Manuel said phase II of the project is about
to start consisting of 1,195 meters concrete road with stone masonry and
parapet wall and a 6.10 meters width of road carriageway.
Meanwhile, in an interview, Municipal
Administrator Fernando Cabrera said the local government is brainstorming with
DPWH personnel final concept of the eco-tourism project.
“Generally, the project is developed to be a
tourism road and consideration must be given to environmental
protection and security details which is why careful
conceptualization is really necessary,” Cabrera told the PIA.
Aside from flood control, the
eco-tourism project will have sports tourism biking, hiking area, floating
restaurant and solar lightings once finished.
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