Iloilo Mayor Jerry Treñas thanked President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Tuesday, July 25, for mentioning in his State of the Nation Address “two very important projects that will create a big impact on the lives of the people in Western Visayas”.
“The Panay-Guimaras-Negros Bridge has long been a dream for us. With this coming to fruition, ease of transportation, dynamic movement of goods and services, and much enhanced economic and tourism activities are assured,” he said.
The Cebu-Negros-Panay interconnection of the National Grid Corp. of the Philippines in also a truly welcome development as “we are hoping to finally have stable energy source, transmission and distribution”, he added.
Iloilo City, being the regional hub of Western Visayas, stands to benefit from these high impact projects, he also said.
“We are looking forward to their realization, as we also hope for the implementation of others projects of the national government namely, the Iloilo Airport expansion, the Jalaur River Multipurpose Project, and improvement of our international port”, Treñas added.