Causeway residents appeal to limit road expansion job

Residents at the causeway drive in barangay Totolan, Dauis town are demanding a reduction in the proposed road expansion program of the government in line with the upcoming construction of the Panglao Bohol International Airport.
In a letter addressed to DPWH District Engr. Celestino Adlaon, the residents appealed to reduce the four-lane into a two-lane expansion project.
Dr. Menelo Tima-an, spokesman of the group said they find the four-lane highway to be unreasonable considering that a two-lane highway will already be enough to accommodate the volume of traffic. They said that the budgetary outlay for a four-lane highway would be too expensive considering the economic crisis besetting the country. The budget could be utilized for other tourism related projects, they said.
Having a four-lane highway for just two towns (Dauis and Panglao) to be served would be extravagant for government to spend, the concerned residents stressed.
They likewise said that if said expansion project be implemented, a lot of existing structures and houses particularly in sitio Ubos, this city to Totolan, Dauis will be demolished.
"We have labored hard to have these houses, and to destroy them is inhuman, inconsiderate and unkind," the residents wrote in their two-page petition sent to the DPWH, copy furnished to Gov. Erico Aumentado and Rep. Edgar Chatto.
The residents suggested that whatever savings be derived from reducing the expansion project can be used for more urgent environmental and sanitation problems in the area.