Works for construction of P360M bridge to start next month

Thursday 2nd of August 2012

CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, Aug 2 — Works for the construction of the 250-linear meter, P360-million JR Borja bridge project will start on September, Mayor Vicente Emano said in a press statement.

The mayor said the bridge project will link the heavily congested JR Borja to Barangay Carmen, one of the densely populated barangays in the city.

The mayor has worked for the implementation of the project under a Spanish grant for six years. The P360-million project is one of the five bridges in Northern Mindanao that will be funded by the Spanish government.

The funds are available for the proposed bridge project and for just compensation payments to lot owners whose properties are affected by this development, according to Congressman Jose Benjamin Benaldo of the 1st District.

Benaldo was tasked by Mayor Emano to make the necessary follow up and to facilitate the implementation of the said project.

Mayor Emano is thankful to the Spanish government for funding the bridge project.

The JR Borja bridge project will ease the traffic flow at the Gov. Ysalina Bridge and other streets leading to and from the eastern side of the city, said the mayor. (Lorebeth C. Requiroso/CIO/PIA10)