The senator said the road is one of the “missing links” in the planned “Ilocano road network” that would connect inner towns in the northern Luzon provinces. | yzsoteloINQ /PDI
She said the Pangasinan-Benguet highway would enable the provinces to access each other’s produce.
The San Manuel, Pangasinan-Itogon Benguet Road was actually started in 2020, but construction work stopped in 2021 because of the pandemic, and funds were used to buy anti-COVID vaccine, she said. Construction was resumed in 2022. “Some people are asking why I am pouring projects in small towns and not in big areas where the voters are. But I told them not everything is politics. Building roads would spur economic development in the areas passed by the roads,” Marcos said.
The P1.915 billion project has an approximate length of 46.5 kilometers in Region I, Region II, and Cordillera Autonomous Region, of which 37.736 kilometers cross Pangasinan towns.The road will connect the towns of San Manuel, Asingan, Tayug, and San Nicolas in the province of Pangasinan; Kayapa, Nueva Vizcaya; and Itogon, Benguet.
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