CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga — Improved travel experience will soon be enjoyed by motorists and residents in Nueva Ecija as the rehabilitation of Pinagpanaan-Rizal-Pantabangan Road is now 70 percent complete.
“Our Nueva Ecija First District Engineering Office is working on the completion of 16.95-km asphalt overlay project of the road network that serves as main route going to Nueva Ecija and Aurora,” Public Works and Highways Secretary Mark Villar said.
The improvement of the Pinagpanaan-Rizal-Pantabangan Road, which has an annual average daily traffic of 5,775 motorists, is part of the preventive maintenance of the secondary national road to facilitate greater mobility of people, goods and services.
“The PhP96-million project funded under the 2019 General Appropriations Act is set for completion this May,” Villar added.
Apart from this, Nueva Ecija First District Engineering Office is also undertaking concrete reblocking along the 1.3-km section of the road as part of asset preservation measures.
