The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) completed a new concrete road project benefitting coconut farmers in Lemery, Batangas.
In his report to DPWH Secretary Manuel Bonoan, DPWH Batangas First District Engineer Bencio Aguzar said that the completed 505-meter long farm-to-market road (FMR) project in Barangay San Isidro Ibaba provides a wide and accessible barangay road for easy transport of goods, especially coconut, from the source to the market.
“The road project can serve two-way traffic and includes embankment protection as a road safety feature.”
Constructed in the amount of P14.6 million under the 2023 General Appropriations Act (GAA), the 6.10-meter-wide road project can serve two-way traffic and includes embankment protection as a road safety feature.
The project, which also includes the construction of a grouted riprap and crib wall for slope protection, benefitted vast coconut plantation in San Isidro Ibaba.
