The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) has completed a road lighting project for the purpose of improving safety of nighttime motorists traversing a portion of Pancian-Adams Road in the town of Adams, Ilocos Norte.
DPWH Regional Office Director Ronnel Tan said that the completed road improvement project was implemented by the DPWH Ilocos Norte 1st District Engineering Office (DEO) along a 7.34-kilometer portion of Pancian-Adams Road in Adams.
The project involved the installation of a total of 202 solar LED streetlights alternately on the mountainside road, enhancing visibility and safety of all road users.
“The road lighting increases visibility and helps prevent accidents along winding hillside roads that have steep grades and blind curves.”
“The road lighting increases visibility and helps prevent accidents along winding hillside roads that have steep grades and blind curves,” Tan said, citing a report from DPWH Ilocos Norte 1st District Engineer Glenn Miguel.
“Solar streetlights are water resistant, require almost no maintenance, and is not dependent on the national grid.”
“In a tropical country like the Philippines that receives ample sunlight year-round, the use of solar outdoor luminaires is also the more sustainable and cost-effective solution. Solar street lights are water resistant, require almost no maintenance, and are not dependent on the national grid,” he added.
The lighting project along Pancian-Adams Road was implemented by the DPWH Ilocos Norte 1st DEO in the amount of P49 million, through the initiative of Ilocos Norte 1st District Representative and Senior Deputy Majority Speaker Sandro Marcos, sourced from the 2023 General Appropriations Act.
