Westside
After the 12th Mindanao Super Region meeting in Pagadian last July 1, the project monitoring team of MEDCo traversed the long and arduous route of Western Mindanao, which in a few months and years would be largely connected and accessible. The team, composed of Rupert, Tito (who endured miles), Art (“blessing” of the projects, hehe) and I, visited airports and road projects under the Mindanao Super Region development strategy. Below are some of the photos.
A portion of the Pagadian airport apron is shown here partially complete.
From left to right: Presidential Assistant for Western Mindanao Crisanto dela Cruz, DPWH Usec. for Mindanao Operations Bashir Rasuman, Cong. Antonio Cerilles of Zamboanga del Sur 2nd district, MEDCo Chair Usec. Virgilio Leyretana, ZamboSur Gov. Aurora Cerilles and Mayor Samuel Co of Pagadian City.
A portion of the Dapitan-Dakak road is shown here. Completion of this major road project is seen to boost tourism potential in the region.
A massive flurry of clouds marks the endsight of the Dipolog airport runway. The shoreline protection for the airport is targeted to be completed by the end of the year.
And while these critical infrastructure projects are long overdue for Mindanao, I would like to particularly take note of the unsung heroes, the “builders”, I should say who toiled incessantly even in the midst of the raging sun. I now know that an alternative and super-cheap way to get a tan is to expose yourself in airport runways and highways, hehe.
Workers level the wet cement in a portion of the Sta. Maria-Nonoyan section of the Siocon Road.
A portion of the Gutalac road being leveled by this worker.
Of course, the road trip would not be complete without the bits and pieces of amusement that we encountered along the way.
No, the world has not tilted a few degrees. Call it a breakthrough in automobile architecture, motorcycle drivers devised titlted tricycles to match the slopy terrain of Pagadian.
Break of dawn. A picturesque view of Dapitan bay in front of the DPWH staff house.
Class dismissed. Young students brave the difficulty and danger of transportation in this town in Zamboanga del Norte.
This guy comfily sits on a piece of furniture atop a tricycle somewhere in Midsayap, North Cotabato.
Don't leave Pagadian without its famous bulad (dried fish).
Alone at sea. As the sun sets, this ship sails the Zamboanga del Norte seacoast, somewhere between the towns of Liloy and Labason.
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Бесподобный топик, мне очень интересно ))))…
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