Bridge completion ‘could bring economic benefits’

Saturday, February 11, 2012

PALAPAG town in Northern Samar Mayor Florence Batula said the Simora Bridge will bring economic prosperity to his town’s people and to neighboring towns as well.

Palapag is a third class municipality and one of the four Pacific coastal municipalities reachable through water transportation via Rawis port in the municipality of Laoang.

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Its people’s main livelihood depends on farming and fishing; palay and copra are its main products.

The construction of Simora-Palapag road and bridge have been ongoing as well as part of the Samar coastal municipality road, flood control structures and rehabilitation of 20 bridges.

A budget of P195 million was allocated for the Simora-Palapag road and bridge construction.

“We are isolated from the car line that is why this construction of Simora Bridge is very helpful for us in transporting our goods to the center of the province,” Batula said.

The Provincial Board of Northern Samar and the respective Sanggunian Bayan of Palapag, Gamay and Lapinig passed a joint resolution on September of 2010 urging President Benigno Aquino to favorably take action for the completion of Simora-Palapag road and Simora Bride project.

Based on their resolution, the construction of the Palapag-Simora road could provide economic progress in the local government units situated in the second district of Northern Samar, particularly the four municipalities located along the coastal area facing the Pacific.

“It is our only way to attain progress. It is the only gateway to my town and to other town as well in the second district,” Batula said. (Leyte Samar Daily Express)