SENATORIAL aspirant and former Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Secretary Mark A. Villar has vowed to push for the continuation and completion of the 49.82-kilometer Bacolod-Negros Occidental Economic Highway (Banoceh) project.
“We continue to suppot the agency in completing this project. Banoceh is under the ‘Build, Build, Build’ program of the Duterte administration this project is a significant infrastructure that aims to ease traffic congestion and aids in the economic development of the province of Negros Occidental and the country in general,” Villar said in a statement.
The P7.97-billion Banoceh is a multiyear infrastructure project in Western Visayas being implemented by DPWH, under the “Build, Build, Build” program, which started in April 2017 and is expected to be completed in December 2024.
Villar said that with the construction of this by-pass road, travel time from southern Negros and northern Negros going to Bacolod-Silay Airport Road will be reduced by 25 and 40 minutes, respectively, providing comfort and ease of travel to roughly 20,000 travelers per day.