The 1.80-kilometer road section along Ayaga-Sta. Marcela- Flora-Lasam Road in the Municipality of Lasam, Cagayan is now fully-concreted as the Department of Public Works and Highways-Cagayan Second District Engineering Office (DPWH-CSDEO) completed its inter-regional road linkage between Region II and Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR) through the Province of Apayao.
The newly-upgraded road project connects the town of Lasam in Cagayan to Sta. Marcela in Apayao.
District Engineer Lorna B. Asutan said that the newly-completed road will improve mobility of transportation and the accessibility to various goods and services benefiting the residents in the locale.
“The completion of this project will help in bringing development opportunities that will uplift socio-economic status of the residents,” DE Asuten emphasized. “ This road will also shorten travel time from Lasam, Cagayan to the different places in the Apayao Province,” she continued.
Aside from the concreting of the said tertiary road which amounted to P62.265 million pesos, the project also included the installation of drainage system and slope protection structures. It was funded under the General Appropriations Act of 2018.
Relatedly, the DPWH-CSDEO already completed the first phase of road upgrading in the same road section which spans 1.292 kilometers with a budget of 31.175 million. The DPWH-CSDEO also constructed two bridges with a total worth of P32 million pesos to complete and make the Ayaga-Sta. Marcela-Flora-Lasam road section fully usable to the public.