Construction of Gandara-Matuguinao road project completed

By MARIANETTE Y. GOMEZ
March 12, 2015

CALBAYOG CITY – The longtime dream of the people in the Municipality of Matuguinao to be connected to the growth centers of Samar and likewise to the neighboring Province of Leyte is coming true with the appropriation of the funds for the completion of the whole stretch of Gandara-Matuguinao Road every year.

For CY 2014, the concreting of 2,757 linear meter of road covering Brgys. Pizarro, Hiparayan and Peñaplata all in Gandara, Samar has been funded P50 million. The said road sections in three barangays can now offer convenient travel.

Though the total road stretch to the Municipality of Matuguinao has not been fully concreted yet, another project for 2015 with a total length of 2,384 linear meters amounting to another P50 million is underway starting from Brgy, Peñaplata to Brgy. Tawiran.

To render the road sections fully operational, road sections of four barangays have yet to be concreted which will continue to be funded by the District Office till 2017.

With this condition of the road leaving only few kilometers of all-weather road, economic activities in the area start to flourish.