President Aquino inspects infra projects in Cebu

• Source: http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?nid=2&rid=796542
• Monday, August 24, 2015

(PNA), LAM/BNB/EB

CEBU CITY, Aug. 24 (PNA) -- President Benigno S. Aquino III on Monday inspected two newly-completed infrastructure projects in Cebu -- the Mactan Circumferential Road in Lapu-Lapu City and the Sergio Osmena Jr. Boulevard in this city.

The President also attended a political gathering and said that the national government has fully supported the infrastructure projects in the province.

In a briefing, Public Works Secretary Rogelio Singson bared that of the PhP43 billion worth of projects the agency implemented in Central Visayas since the start of the Aquino administration, PhP23 billion were in Cebu.

According to Singson, major infrastructure projects in the province include 950 kilometers of roads and bridges.

Also included in the province's infrastructure list is the widening of the Cebu North Road from Mandaue City to Bogo City.

”All I ask is for the local government units to help in the widening of the roads,” he said.

In addition, there is an ongoing widening of the Cebu South Road from Naga City to Carcar City.

This is the third visit of the President to Cebu this year. The first on May 1 to mark the Labor Day celebration here, and last June to lead the groundbreaking of the modernization project of Mactan Cebu International Airport.

In the afternoon, the President also attended the “Gathering of Friends in Cebu” at the Cebu Coliseum here, attended by officials from Cebu province and the provinces of Negros Oriental, Bohol, Siquijor, Leyte and Samar.