The Regional Development Council endorsed the construction of Tanjay Tabuc-San Isidro Bridge and the Tanjay-Pamplona Concrete Bridge through a resolution during its full council meeting Friday at Bethel Guesthouse, in Dumaguete City.

Two new bridges are expected to be built in Tanjay City after the Regional Development Council endorses their construction to the Department of Public Works and Highways.

The City of Tanjay, through the Oriental Negros Provincial Development Council, had earlier requested the RDC to endorse the construction of the bridges under the President's Bridge Program of the DPWH.

The Tanjay Tabuc-San Isidro Bridge is an existing Bailey bridge that needs to be replaced immediately, since its southern end has collapsed, and will endanger lives, paralyze traffic, and adversely affect three rural and nine urban barangays in Tanjay.

The Tanjay-Pamplona Concrete Bridge will serve as an alternate to the Tanjay Bridge so that traffic coming from the north and south will not be cut off in case the latter becomes impassable.*RG

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