Local farmers now benefit from a concrete access road paved by the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) in the municipality of Cauayan, Negros Occidental.
Undertaken by DPWH Negros Occidental 3rd District Engineering Office, the completed project involves the portland concrete cement paving of a 468.5-meter, two (2)-lane, farm-to-market road (FMR) in Barangay Mambusan.
According to DPWH Region 6 Director Sanny Boy Oropel, residents, especially farmers and other crop growers in the area no longer experience muddy or dusty roads, allowing them to quickly and safely deliver their products from farms to major markets and neighboring towns at a lower hauling cost.
Aside from supporting the agricultural development in the locality, the concrete FMR also facilitates the improved access of far-flung communities to health, education, and other essential establishments and services.
Costing P10 million, other works on the project included the provision of permanent monuments and markers, and grouted riprap for protection and road stability.