Western Visayas lawmakers led by House Committee on Good Government and Public Accountability chair and Iloilo City Rep. Jerry Trenas yesterday urged President Aquino to prioritize the construction of trans-link bridges to connect the islands of Panay, Guimaras and Negros through the Public-Private Partnership Program, a press release from his office said.
”There is a need to spread the infrastructure and economic development projects of the country beyond Metro Manila,” Treñas, and 18 other lawmakers, pointed out in House Resolution 2018, entitled: “A Resolution strongly urging His Excellency, President Benigno S. Aquino III, the Philippine Public-Private Partnership Center, the Department of Public Works and Highways, and the National Economic Development Authority to prioritize the construction of trans-link bridges connecting the islands of Panay, Guimaras and Negros in the Government’s Public-Private Partnership Program.”
The press release said Treñas and his colleagues are aware that the PPP program is an integral part of the President’s socioeconomic agenda, which aims to achieve the high and sustained economic growth needed to generate jobs and improve the nation’s infrastructure.
Treñas said the National Capital Region receives a lion’s share of the national budget, despite the Visayas Islands having a population greater than that of Metro Manila based on the latest National Statistics Office census.
He emphasized that the trans-link bridges will open new economic opportunities, reduce transportation and business transaction costs, increase access to social services and boost tourism in the entire Western Visayas Region.
Aside from Trenas, authors of HR 2018 are: Representatives Janette Garin, Augusto Boboy Syjuco, Arthur Defensor, Jr., Ferjenel Biron, Niel Tupas, Jr., Florencio Miraflores, Paolo Javier, Antonio del Rosario, Jane Castro, BS Joaquin Carlos Nava of Panay; Anthony Golez Jr., Alfredo Maranon III, Alfredo Benitez, Jeffrey Ferrer, and Mercedes Alvarez of Negros Occidental; and Jocelyn Limkaichong, George Arnaiz and Pryde Henry Teves of Negros Oriental, the press release said.* back
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