The completion of the paving of a 1.3-kilometer road from Tubungan, Iloilo to San Remigio, Antique will entice more tourists to visit the so-called “Little Baguio” of the province.
San Remigio Mayor Margarito Mission Jr. said that the road will reduce by half the current three-hour travel to Aningalan from Iloilo City.
Aningalan, about six kilometers away from Tubungan, is one of the premier tourism destinations in Antique because of its cool climate and picturesque mountain sceneries.
“The 1.3 kilometers remaining unpaved road portion is on the side of Iloilo province, so it will be the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) First District Engineering Office that will implement the road completion,” Mission said.
He said Senator Loren Legarda already sourced a PHP50 million budget for the engineering office to implement the project.
Meanwhile, Mission said that the DPWH Antique District Engineering Office is repairing the road depressions from the town proper of San Remigio to Barangay Aningalan with a budget of PHP109 million and an additional PHP28 million for the bridge construction.
“I hope that the road repair and bridge construction can already be finished by summertime when there would be an influx of tourists,” Mission said.
He added that he requested an additional P60 million from Tourism Secretary Christina Garcia Frasco for the construction of an event place to host weddings and other important activities during the groundbreaking of the Tourists Rest Area (TRA) on Thursday, Nov. 21.
“I requested the event place under Phase 2 of the TRA based on our tourism plan,” Mission said.PNA
