CEBU – Mayor Junard Chan of Lapu-Lapu City has sought the support of provincial and national lawmakers in their bid to host an independent DPWH engineering district in order to speed up various public works on the island.
Chan said members of the House of Representatives led by Speaker Martin Romualdez have already expressed their support. “I extend my heartfelt gratitude to all the members of the House of Representatives led by House Speaker Martin Romualdez and other congressmen and congresswomen who supported our plan to have a separate engineering district,” Chan said.
The mayor recently visited the House of Representatives to personally witness the third and final reading of Lapu-Lapu’s appeal to establish a separate DPWH district there.
Lapu-Lapu City is the major link of Central Visayas’ big-ticket projects, which include the Marcelo Fernan Bridge and the old Mactan-Mandaue Bridge, apart from the privately-funded Cebu-Cordova Link Expressway linking Cebu City and Cordova town.
The regional office of DPWH has an ongoing study for the construction of the P76-billion fourth bridge linking mainland Cebu and Mactan Island which is expected to begin next year.
Chan also said that they are appealing to the House of Representatives to grant its wish to secure a seat at the Mactan-Cebu International Airport Authority (MCIAA). Although Lapu-Lapu City is the host of the region’s premier international airport, it has no representation before the MCIAA’s 11-person Board of Directors. (John Rey Saavedra)
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