22 February 2006
DPWH on Lim’s Lucao plaint: There’s a will, so there’s a way
By Behn Fer. Hortaleza, Jr.
PIA-Pangasinan News Service
CITY Mayor Benjamin S. Lim might still get his wish for the on-going Lucao Diversion Road to cut through or exit at or near the Nel-Ars Subbdivision in the area, according to a top official of the Department of Public Works and Highways in Region 1.
The “catch” though is, the present road construction being undertaken by DPWH contractors farther out of the Nel Ars property will have to continue as it is already almost complete -- with more than 90 % of affected real properties along the route already paid, according to DPWH Regional Director Fidel Ginez.
At best, according to Ginez, DPWH could construct an “additional exit point” without giving up the approved original exit point.
According to Ginez, the only “holdout” among affected property owners in the area are the heirs or administrator of the late city Councilor Elmer Quinto who are still abroad.
Interviewed by the Pangasinan Star during the luncheon hosted by Mayor Ramon Guico, Jr. for President Arroyo in Binalonan yesterday, Ginez said his office had just received another P8.6 million for the payment of road right-of-way of the project and initial works on the Pantal bridge.
A component of the total circumferential road project envisioned by House Speaker Jose de Venecia, Jr. for Dagupan, the Pantal bridge project was awarded to Toyo Construction of Japan.
Work starts middle of March, this year, Ginez announced. It is targeted for completion “within 18 months.”
On Mayor Lim’s own proposal for the diversion road in Lucao to exit somewhere near Nel-Ars subdivision, Ginez said the Bureau of Design of the DPWH is studying the construction of an additional exit line to the left of the subdivision’s main gate.
He said no cost estimate has been given yet as the design engineers are still evaluating the various design blueprints, particularly on how the additional exit line would impact on traffic in the area, considering its proximity to the admittedly traffic prone CSI City Mall zone.
Correcting media impression about the circumferential road plan, Ginez said “there is “only one DPWH plan” on the project, that is, the present one passing thru the back of the CSI City Mall area and turning left to link with the present narrow barangay road and crossing the national road at the Arco Sash Factory intersection.
He denied there ever was an “original” plan that was, as proposed by Lim, to exit at the Nel Ars subdivision point.
PIA-Pangasinan News Service
CITY Mayor Benjamin S. Lim might still get his wish for the on-going Lucao Diversion Road to cut through or exit at or near the Nel-Ars Subbdivision in the area, according to a top official of the Department of Public Works and Highways in Region 1.
The “catch” though is, the present road construction being undertaken by DPWH contractors farther out of the Nel Ars property will have to continue as it is already almost complete -- with more than 90 % of affected real properties along the route already paid, according to DPWH Regional Director Fidel Ginez.
At best, according to Ginez, DPWH could construct an “additional exit point” without giving up the approved original exit point.
According to Ginez, the only “holdout” among affected property owners in the area are the heirs or administrator of the late city Councilor Elmer Quinto who are still abroad.
Interviewed by the Pangasinan Star during the luncheon hosted by Mayor Ramon Guico, Jr. for President Arroyo in Binalonan yesterday, Ginez said his office had just received another P8.6 million for the payment of road right-of-way of the project and initial works on the Pantal bridge.
A component of the total circumferential road project envisioned by House Speaker Jose de Venecia, Jr. for Dagupan, the Pantal bridge project was awarded to Toyo Construction of Japan.
Work starts middle of March, this year, Ginez announced. It is targeted for completion “within 18 months.”
On Mayor Lim’s own proposal for the diversion road in Lucao to exit somewhere near Nel-Ars subdivision, Ginez said the Bureau of Design of the DPWH is studying the construction of an additional exit line to the left of the subdivision’s main gate.
He said no cost estimate has been given yet as the design engineers are still evaluating the various design blueprints, particularly on how the additional exit line would impact on traffic in the area, considering its proximity to the admittedly traffic prone CSI City Mall zone.
Correcting media impression about the circumferential road plan, Ginez said “there is “only one DPWH plan” on the project, that is, the present one passing thru the back of the CSI City Mall area and turning left to link with the present narrow barangay road and crossing the national road at the Arco Sash Factory intersection.
He denied there ever was an “original” plan that was, as proposed by Lim, to exit at the Nel Ars subdivision point.
