Mayor Agustin Perdices yesterday disclosed that one of the priority development projects that the Macias-Arnaiz-Perdices alliance would undertake is the diversion road in Dumaguete City.

This will ease traffic coming and going from the south and north to the capital city of Oriental Negros, Perdices said. MAP, which stands for the triumvirate of Rep. Emilio Macias II (Neg. Or., 2nd district), Gov. George Arnaiz, and Perdices, has embarked on joint development projects, particularly the road concreting in Dumaguete City,

"It's not just me but the three of us, (referring to Macias and Arnaiz) who need to finish things before our terms end soon", Perdices said in an interview.

He also said that one of the biggest projects they will undertake is the proposed diversion road leading from the south national highway. This is somewhere along the interior Bacong-Valencia road cutting across to Bajumpandan near the extension campus of the Negros Oriental State University, then onwards to Batinguel and straight on to the village of Magatas in Sibulan town.

Perdices admitted that it is uncertain yet when they can have the complete stretch of the diversion road cemented as it would cost P400 million. He assured that the road will be opened in stages.

He also said there are other things to do first, such as the acquisition of lands through which the road will pass, and payment of vertical structures that will be affected by the road opening. Perdices said about P120 million is needed for this project.

Meanwhile, road projects paid from city, provincial, congressional and national funds are already being implemented, or will be implemented in Dumaguete after the elections, Perdices said.*JG

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