DIPOLOG CITY – The city government here has completed P103-million worth of infrastructure projects in 2013, Mayor Evelyn T. Uy reported Monday in her State of the City Address.These infrastructure projects include roads and bridges, school buildings, drainage and irrigation systems and others with funding from the national government, the 20% economic development fund and local sources.
Mayor Uy also expressed her gratitude to President Benigno Simeon S. Aquino, Zamboanga del Norte Provincial Governor Roberto Y. Uy and Congressman Rosendo S. Labadlabad of the province’s second district for helping the city government realize these projects.
Moreover, Mayor Uy disclosed that the city had also received some P150 million worth of infrastructure projects from Congressman Labadlabad such as P2 million for the completion of the Dipolog Sports Center in Barangay Olingan, P100 million for the Polanco-Dipolog Irrigators Association’s irrigation project, P22 million for a small irrigation project in Barangay Diwan, and P21 million for other development projects.
“Aside from these, the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH), implemented projects in Dipolog City worth more than P137 million for construction of roads, school buildings and facilities,” the lady mayor added.
The Department of Tourism (DOT), on the other hand, has allotted P50 million for the expansion of the Dipolog Boulevard. Its length now is almost two kilometers.
In a related development, Mayor Uy stated that the city’s dependency on external income sources decreased by 9% last year and its locally sourced revenues now represent 42% of the total income.
“Comparing with other third class cities in the country, Dipolog’s local revenue is 39% higher than the average of its counterparts,” stressed Mayor Uy.
She also attributed all these achievements to good governance as espoused by President Aquino.