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NEW HIGHWAY. An aerial view of the Bacolod-Negros Occidental Economic Highway Project with an estimated cost of PHP7.389 billion. The highway that stretches from Bacolod South Road junction along Barangay Sum-ag in Bacolod City to Bacolod North Road junction in Victorias City will be initially opened to travelers by June 30, according to the latest report of the Department of Public Works and Highways. BACOLOD CITY – The PHP7.
spans a 48.8-kilometer stretch that involves the opening, concreting, and improvement of roads along with the construction and enhancement of 16 bridges. DPWH-Western Visayas Regional Director Sanny Boy Oropel said they will open portions of the “by June 30 or maybe by the first week of July”. “The section from Bacolod City going to Bacolod-Silay Airport, passing through the Bacolod-Silay Airport Access Road junction, will help all travelers by June 30. We are now on our scheduled target to have a soft opening,” Oropel said in a regional public briefing.
from Bacolod South Road junction, passing through sections of Bacolod-Murcia-Don Salvador Benedicto-San Carlos Road and cutting through some barangays and municipalities to encompass traffic improvement for commuters. “If you are traveling from the south, you can have a direct access to the Bacolod-Silay Airport, including the extension up to Victorias and Manapla, with the proposed
extension going to Sagay City,” Oropel said. He added that the extended portion will not only enhance the traffic condition of the main thoroughfare, the Bacolod North Road, but will also provide travelers a shorter distance from Victorias-Manapla area going to Don Salvador Benedicto.
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