There are 220 construction projects valued at P515.8 million with approved building permits in Negros Occidental and Bacolod City this year, the Philippine Statistics Authority reported.
As of July this year Neg. Occ. and Bacolod had 220 construction projects with floor area covering 46,539 square meters, it said.
This covers 26 percent of the 824 construction projects in Western Visayas this year valued at to P2.22 billion, the PSA said.
Bacolod City has 148 approved construction projects covering 32,681 sq.m. amounting to P399 million. About 88 of them are residential and 42 are non-residential, the PSA said.
In Negros Occidental, there are 72 construction projects covering 13,858 sq.m. amounting to P116 million. Of the 72, PSA said 40 are residential and 24 non-residential.*