Rep Dalog files bills to convert roads, link Cordillera to regions
>> Thursday, July 28, 2022
QUEZON CITY –Rep.
Maximo Y. Dalog, Jr. of the lone district of Mountain Province, filed seven
bills in the Lower House bills to convert provincial, municipal and barangay
roads in the province into national roads when He assumed office as second-term
congressman on June 30 and July 1.
These house bills, he said, will guarantee enhanced inter-regional, inter-provincial and inter-municipal linkages that will contribute to development of remote villages in the province including neighboring provinces and regions traversed by said road networks.
House Bill 1045, which seeks to convert the Mountain Province-Ilocos Sur Road via Dacudac-Pilipil Road is a road line currently classified as a provincial road starting from the junction at Barangay Guinzadan Central, municipality of Bauko, traversing barangays Cagubatan, Pandayan, Bana-ao, Lenga, Dacudac and Sayapot all in the municipality of Tadian and exiting to the municipality of Cervantes, Ilocos Sur.
If approved, this will reduce travel time from both provinces, as well as improve connectivity between Cordillera and the Ilocos Regions.
House Bill 795, converting Besao, Mountain Province-Tubo, Abra Road will benefit three provinces namely: Mountain Province, Ilocos Sur and Abra as it will improve the lives of the people residing in the villages and municipalities covered by said provinces, particularly on trade and commerce, access to various destinations, socio-economic advancement, agriculture, tourism industry and even health considering that the Luis Hora Memorial Regional Hospital, which is the nearest Level II medical center from the municipality of Tubo, Abra is located in Abatan, Bauko.
House Bill 1046 will link Mountain Province and Ifugao through Natonin and Aguinaldo, which is the shortest and quickest route for farmers from the eastern municipalities of Mountain Province who choose the province of Ifugao to transport and trade their agricultural produce.
House Bill 449 will convert the Sabangan-Sagada Road which starts from the Junction at barangay Supang passing through barangay Data, both in the municipality of Sabangan, exiting through Barangays Taccong, Suyo, Balugan, Ankileng and leading to various tourism destinations in the municipality of Sagada, Mountain Province. It is also an alternate route over the Dantay-Sagada National Road and is the shortest passage way for travelers and visitors coming from Baguio, Manila, Benguet, Ilocos Sur and other provinces as it links to the Mountain Province-Ilocos Sur National Road.
House Bill 797 Paracelis-Mallig-Roxas Road will connect two provinces and two regions, particularly Mountain Province of the Cordillera Administrative Region and the Province of Isabela, Cagayan Valley while House Bill 798, seeking to covert the Paracelis, Mountain Province-Mallig Isabela Road (Paracelis-Tabuk-Mallig Road) will likewise link Mountain Province and Isabela, improving the trade and commerce between the two provinces.
Meanwhile, the Maba-ay – Abatan Road under House Bill 447, is a measure refiled from the 18th Congress. The DPWH Central Office has affirmed the said road is meritorious for conversion into a national road on December 27, 2019. It traverses barangays Maba-ay, Tapapan, Guinzadan and Abatan in the municipality of Bauko, connecting to the Mountain Province-Ilocos Sur Road.
It is also a major road line as it passes through the Luis Hora Memorial Regional Hospital, the lone regional hospital in the Cordillera and serves as a substitute road whenever the Baguio-Bontoc Road is closed due to natural calamities.
Rep. Dalog, in an interview said all these roads, if nationalized will certainly provide essential investment for socio-economic growth and efficient movement of goods and people, thereby increasing the competitiveness of Mountain Province and the provinces encompassed by the road connections especially the farmers who rely on agriculture as their primary means of livelihood.
He said road conversion will bring significant social benefits to the people of Mountain Province, hence its vital importance to make the places grow and develop through access to employment, social, health and education services.
These house bills, he said, will guarantee enhanced inter-regional, inter-provincial and inter-municipal linkages that will contribute to development of remote villages in the province including neighboring provinces and regions traversed by said road networks.
House Bill 1045, which seeks to convert the Mountain Province-Ilocos Sur Road via Dacudac-Pilipil Road is a road line currently classified as a provincial road starting from the junction at Barangay Guinzadan Central, municipality of Bauko, traversing barangays Cagubatan, Pandayan, Bana-ao, Lenga, Dacudac and Sayapot all in the municipality of Tadian and exiting to the municipality of Cervantes, Ilocos Sur.
If approved, this will reduce travel time from both provinces, as well as improve connectivity between Cordillera and the Ilocos Regions.
House Bill 795, converting Besao, Mountain Province-Tubo, Abra Road will benefit three provinces namely: Mountain Province, Ilocos Sur and Abra as it will improve the lives of the people residing in the villages and municipalities covered by said provinces, particularly on trade and commerce, access to various destinations, socio-economic advancement, agriculture, tourism industry and even health considering that the Luis Hora Memorial Regional Hospital, which is the nearest Level II medical center from the municipality of Tubo, Abra is located in Abatan, Bauko.
House Bill 1046 will link Mountain Province and Ifugao through Natonin and Aguinaldo, which is the shortest and quickest route for farmers from the eastern municipalities of Mountain Province who choose the province of Ifugao to transport and trade their agricultural produce.
House Bill 449 will convert the Sabangan-Sagada Road which starts from the Junction at barangay Supang passing through barangay Data, both in the municipality of Sabangan, exiting through Barangays Taccong, Suyo, Balugan, Ankileng and leading to various tourism destinations in the municipality of Sagada, Mountain Province. It is also an alternate route over the Dantay-Sagada National Road and is the shortest passage way for travelers and visitors coming from Baguio, Manila, Benguet, Ilocos Sur and other provinces as it links to the Mountain Province-Ilocos Sur National Road.
House Bill 797 Paracelis-Mallig-Roxas Road will connect two provinces and two regions, particularly Mountain Province of the Cordillera Administrative Region and the Province of Isabela, Cagayan Valley while House Bill 798, seeking to covert the Paracelis, Mountain Province-Mallig Isabela Road (Paracelis-Tabuk-Mallig Road) will likewise link Mountain Province and Isabela, improving the trade and commerce between the two provinces.
Meanwhile, the Maba-ay – Abatan Road under House Bill 447, is a measure refiled from the 18th Congress. The DPWH Central Office has affirmed the said road is meritorious for conversion into a national road on December 27, 2019. It traverses barangays Maba-ay, Tapapan, Guinzadan and Abatan in the municipality of Bauko, connecting to the Mountain Province-Ilocos Sur Road.
It is also a major road line as it passes through the Luis Hora Memorial Regional Hospital, the lone regional hospital in the Cordillera and serves as a substitute road whenever the Baguio-Bontoc Road is closed due to natural calamities.
Rep. Dalog, in an interview said all these roads, if nationalized will certainly provide essential investment for socio-economic growth and efficient movement of goods and people, thereby increasing the competitiveness of Mountain Province and the provinces encompassed by the road connections especially the farmers who rely on agriculture as their primary means of livelihood.
He said road conversion will bring significant social benefits to the people of Mountain Province, hence its vital importance to make the places grow and develop through access to employment, social, health and education services.
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