ANOTHER “DIOSDADO MACAPAGAL BRIDGE” IN MINDANAO

After naming the second Butuan City bridge to Diosdado Macapagal bridge last year, another bridge this time in Gingoog City, Misamis Oriental is named after Gloria Arroyo’s father. 

The new bridge will connect the Gingoog-Claveria-Villanueva Road. According to the DPWH, the 203 lineal meter, two lane concrete bridge cost 112.109 million. The report said, the work on the bridge project started in October 1999 and was completed in May 2007, earlier than the September 2007 project completion target (with the bridge named after the father, they better hurry it because its a “priority” project).  The road on the other hand would serve as an alternative route of the Iligan-Cagayan de Oro-Butuan road and reduce the travel distance by 25.30 kilometers (not as significant as it was touted to be).

With Gloria Arroyo’s continued stay in Malacanang for the next two years, it is expected that more bridges with the same name will sprout in Mindanao.