Tourists and residents can now experience a safer and smoother travel as the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) recently completed the upgrading of national highway leading to Alegria Falls in Pagadian City, Zamboanga del Sur.
With a total budget allotment of P18.7-million, the project involves the concreting of 1.97 kilometers of road with lined canal and grouted riprap.
The road improvement will further boost tourism and economic development in Zamboanga Peninsula.
DPWH – Zamboanga del Sur First District Engineer Reynerio P. Alcachupas said that this project would benefit not just the locals but also both local and foreign tourists who want to visit and explore the beauty of Zamboanga del Sur.
Aside from this tourism road, DPWH has successfully completed the concreting and rehabilitation of Junction Aurora-Ozamis City Road in Molave with drainage works amounting to P20.5-million, and the preservation of national road along Eastern Bobongan-Sominot-Midsalip-Dumingag Road with shouldering and slope protection amounting to P3.8-million.