NEDA Region 6 Director Arecio Casing Jr. (right) and Negros Occidental Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson at the Capitol in Bacolod City on Friday, September 2.*
A Negros Occidental Provincial Development Council (PDC) endorsement of the Guimaras-Negros bridge, as approved by the Department of Public Works and Highways, has been requested.
The request was made by Bacolod Mayor Alfredo Aberlado Benitez, who heads the Western Visayas Regional Development Council, and the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA), Negros Occidental Provincial Administrator Rayfrando Diaz said Friday, September 2.
The Negros Occidental PDC will convene on September 9.
Benitez earlier said that President Ferdinand Marcos is supporting the plan to build the Panay-Guimaras-Negros bridges.
NEDA Region 6 Director Arecio Casing Jr. met with Negros Occidental Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson at the Capitol in Bacolod City on Friday to present the latest development and update of the Guimaras – Negros Bridge Project.
He also introduced the proposed Negros Expressway (Bacolod – Kabankalan), as well as assistance related to the Inter-LGU Alliances for more projects and development in the province.*