16 kms route links five MisOc towns

THE opening of the route sections in the 5 municipalities of the province of Misamis Occidental marks the beginning of agricultural progress in the area. The farm to market roads (FMRs) established were funded under the Mindanao North Coast Integrated Area Development Project (MNCIADP) of the Department of Agriculture (DA).

The rehabilitated and improved FMRs situated in the municipalities of Tudela, Sinacaban, Panaon, Aloran and Plaridel has a total length of 16 kilometers, amounting to P20,067,426.00.

Of the total project cost, P6,770,000.00 went to the municipality of Aloran with a length of 5.7 kilometers; P3,807,426.00 to the municipality of Plaridel with 3 kilometers stretch while the municipalities of Sinacaban and Tudela have a total project cost each amounting to P3,250,000.00 with 2.5 kilometers length each site.
The municipality of Panaon rehabilitated 2.3 kilometers amounting to P2,990,000.00. The MLGU still shoulders the thirty percent (30%) of the total project cost while the 70% is taken cared by the DA.

The passable roads in the hinter barangays provided the farmers access to transportation that could easily bring agricultural inputs to their farms and their produce down to the market. With these projects, agricultural production in the province is expected to boost in the coming years.

DA-10 Regional Technical Director Engr. Roxanna H. Hojas, was thankful to the local government units for their support to the projects. She encouraged the farmers, as owner of the project to work together for the maintenance of the road.
She also emphasized that the opening of the route in the barangays provided the farmers the opportunity to produce more market driven crops that will give them better income. She hoped that the road will stay as passable as it is now, in the coming years.

On the other hand, the Local Chief Executives of the benefitting LGUs who graced the turn-over ceremony expressed their gratitude to DA for entrusting the project to them. It is their privilege to own this type of project that helps majority of their constituents in the municipality. It is therefore their responsibility to provide assistance to the barangay for the maintenance of the road and to maximize its use for economic growth of the municipalities