ILOILO CITY—Senate President Franklin M. Drilon assured that the P11.2-billion Jalaur River Multipurpose Project Stage II (JRMP II) in Calinog, Iloilo, will push through regardless of whoever the next president will be.
The JRMP II is one of the biggest projects of the National Irrigation Administration approved under the administration of President Aquino.
Drilon said the bidding has already taken place and they are now about to award the winning bidder. They are just waiting for the announcement on the approval of the winning bidder by the Korean Eximbank.
“This project that will push through; we expect to start the actual construction in the next four weeks. We will continue it and it will be finished in four years’ time regardless who the next president will be,” he stated. However, Drilon said the proposed Iloilo-Guimaras bridge will be subject to the approval of the next president.
“The feasibility study will be finished maybe by first quarter of next year and that one really would depend upon who the next president is because it is not yet included in the budget. That is the reality; we are trying to look for funding from the Korean government, but the funding must be approved by the next president,” he said,
Drilon casts his votes at the Baluarte Elementary School on Monday.