The city government of Laoag wants to light up its barangay (village) streets with solar-powered lamp posts and rehabilitate and expand its road network systems to make more areas bike-friendly.
Reelected Mayor Michael Keon bared the development plans of the city for the next three years.
“A solar company is interested in establishing a solar farm in Laoag to benefit 80 barangays.”
“One of the things that we will concentrate on with the Laoag City council is the rehabilitation and expansion of the road network as well as the lighting system. Laoag means ‘light’, it must be lit up properly,” Keon said, citing a solar company interested in establishing a solar farm in the city to benefit its 80 barangays.
He said talks are underway for the proposed establishment of a solar farm but the specific details are still being finalized.
“The road rehabilitation and expansion project is to decongest traffic and promote sustainable transport like biking.”
As for road rehabilitation and expansion, Keon said the project is to decongest traffic and promote sustainable transport like biking.
Meanwhile, Ilocos Norte Governor Matthew Manotoc said his differences with Keon are now all in the past and “water under the bridge now” as he looks forward to having better working relations with the mayor’s administration.
“We know that each other’s success is our shared success. For, after all, Laoag City is a component city of the province and we, in the province, know that there is so much work to do in Laoag,” Manotoc stressed.
