Negros Occidental Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson said on Thursday, September 1, that he is in favor of the construction of the Silay-Cadiz-Calatrava road as long as it does not violate any environment laws.
It is a national project, it is not a project of the provincial government, Lacson said.
Where there is a road, development is brought to communities, especially in the hinterlands, the governor said.
People living in the mountains are asking for roads, he said.
The road will also shorten travel time to the center of Negros Occidental, he said.
What is important is that an environment compliance certificate is secured, he said.
Bishop Gerardo Alminaza, at the Green SONA (State of the Nature Assessment) held at the University Saint La Salle in Bacolod on August 26, aired concern that the road would run through the protected forest of northern Negros.*