The Regional Project Advisory Board in Region 1 endorsed and approved the Php315 million-worth of infrastructure proposals during its 22^nd Meeting on February 12, 2020 at Diego Silang Hall Provincial Capitol, San Fernando City, La Union.

The Province of La Union obtained the endorsement of the Board for their four (4) infrastructure proposals during the meeting. These include the Php30-million Pideg Bridge, Php11.8-million Sevilla Warehouse, Php17.248-million Bungol Provincial Warehouse, and Php20-million Damortis Provincial Storage Facility. Provincial Engineer Ressie Estrella presented the proposals for the four subprojects.

Meanwhile, the Municipality of Dasol, Pangasinan proposed the yet biggest farm to market road (FMR) subproject in terms of cost in Region 1 – the Php236-million Rehabilitation of San Vicente-Viga FMR.  The Board conditionally approved the FMR proposal, subject to compliance with its comments and recommendations.

The endorsed subprojects are pipelined for funding under the Philippine Rural Development Project’s second tranche of additional funding (AF). The AF is anticipated to take effect by August 2020. (Ilocos InfoACE)