The public works department is set to complete a P28.1-million road-paving project in Isabela this month that seeks to ease the transport of farm inputs and agricultural products in the province.
Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) District Engineer Evelyn C. Costales said the 3.45-kilometer road pavement project involves the concreting of local road in Barangay Lullutan, Ilagan, leading to the municipality of Quirino.
“The P28.1-million paving of Barangay Lullutan Road is for completion within this month of June as we are on the final phase of construction at 94.8 percent as of May 31,” she said.
The project is part of the convergence program between the public works and agriculture departments that is aimed at increasing agricultural productivity and reducing income losses of farmers due to challenges in transportation.
Costales added that her group has also completed another 2-kilometer farm-to-market road improvement project in Barangay San Antonio, Ilagan, costing P9.85 million. It involves the paving of Barangay San Antonio road from Cabiceria 22 to Cabiceria 10.
These two construction and improvement projects along local roads of Ilagan commenced in February this year and were funded under the 2018 General Appropriations Act.