The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) has allotted P394.76 million to develop a 60.4-kilometer (km) diversion road in Northern Mindanao to cut travel time between Iligan City and Talakag, Bukidnon, by more than half.
DPWH Regional Director Zenaida Tan said her office has so far completed the concreting of 1.74 km of the Sta. Felomina-Bonbonon-Digkilaan-Rogongon Road in Iligan City, Lanao del Norte.
“This big-ticket project will serve as a shorter route between Iligan City and Talakag bypassing the usual route, which passes through Cagayan de Oro City,” she noted.
Once completed, the diversion road will reduce travel time from Iligan to Bukidnon and vice versa from three hours and 30 minutes to one hour and 30 minutes. The road will also pass through “scenic” views of forests and agricultural lands, Tan added.