Alarmed by the growing number of unimplemented infrastructure projects in Negros Oriental, Gov. Roel Degamo has ordered the immediate completion of said projects within this year.{{more}}
The governor in a meeting with the provincial government engineers ordered the latter to complete the infrastructure projects slated to be implemented, most of which were planned during the leaderships of the late Governors Emilio Macias II and Agustin Perdices.
Degamo said the projects were not implemented straightaway due to the lengthy procurement process of the provincial government.
“I looked into this problem and the process is shortered because these projects should be implemented immediately,” he stressed.
Though the governor could not say how many infrastructure projects have not been completed, only describing it as “too many to count,” these projects are collectively worth more than P40 million which also includes his own infrastructure projects lined up for implemention this year.
The projects to be implemented are construction of roads, health centers, barangay halls, drainage canals, water systems, completion of community hospitals and concreting of roads, among others.
Capitol Information Officer Adrian Sedillo, in a separate interview, said under the late Gov. Perdices’ stint, there were around 70 projects that were not implemented.
Sedillo said the current governor also wants the construction of the unfinished Perdices Coliseum Hotel completed this year.
The governor has likewise ordered the engineers to submit accomplishment reports to his office every week “so I can check whether they are keeping up their end of our agreement.” (RMN/PIA-7 Negros Oriental)