Cebu City gov’t allocates P300 million to open new roads, improve relocation sites

THE CEBU City Government will spend over P300 million for road openings, lot acquisition, and site developments before the year ends. Jose C. Daluz III, special assistant to the mayor, said the executive department has proposed P150 million for the opening of 10 kilometers of roads, P100 million for site development, and P57 million for lot acquisition — all under the city’s P2.5 billion Supplemental Budget-2. “It’s very important to open more roads… to create economic activity for Cebu City, we have to open up more roads. It will also decongest the traffic problem that we have,” he said. Most of the road openings will be in the mountain areas of the city connecting to the urban parts. The P100 million site development would cover improvements in relocation centers such as the 93-1 lot in Barangay Busay. Mr. Daluz said some of the relocation centers do not have proper access roads and water supply. The P57 million will be spent to complete the payment of the lot acquisition in Barangay Quiot, which was initiated by the previous administration, and for an area in Barangay Inayawan to various projects. — The Freeman