The Dumaguete City government has found a fund source to start the P120-million diversion road project that will connect the west portion of the city to Bacong town in the south and the municipality of Sibulan in the north.

City Administrator Dominador Dumalag told the DAILY STAR that the Regional Development Council of Central Visayas will source the fund from the national government.

The RDC-Region 7 is headed by Oriental Negros Gov. George Arnaiz.

Dumalag said the planned road construction of the city and the Department of Public Works and Highways will start as soon as initial funding is available.

Lot owners in areas to be affected by the road construction will be consulted and the bidding process will follow.

Dumalag said the project can be completed with dispatch and will cost cheaper, if it is devolved to the local government, like the case of the concreting of the portion of the Flores Avenue in barangays Looc and Piapi, that was jointly undertaken by the city and provincial governments. In that project, the estimate of the Philippine Ports Authority was P18 million, but it was completed with only P12 million.*RA

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