Pangasinan
Fourth District Rep. Christopher "Toff" de Venecia is helping
boost the initiative of the Local Government of Dagupan
to attract more tourists by proposing two vital
projects for funding under the 2018 national budget, the
preparation of which preparation has started in the House of
Representatives.
De Venecia
identified these as a board walk along the Tondaligan Beach in Bonuan and
a promenade along the Pantal River in Barangay Pantal, Dagupan City,
similar to the famous Esplanade in Iloilo.
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| Pangasinan 4th District Congressman Toff De Venecia |
Both
of these will cost hundreds of millions of pesos, which De Venecia
considers as big investments of the national government to the
city soon.
The board
walk is where beach lovers can have a leisurely stroll during early mornings
and late afternoons while enjoying the cold breeze from the Lingayen Gulf.
It will be
the first of its kind infrastructures to be built in the city and both of
these are courtesy of the administration of President Rodrigo
Duterte.
The
promenade is also like a board walk but is set along the Pantal River
where folks can walk and relax after day-long grind and enjoy seeing the
beauty of the river and the aquatic life that are still teeming in it.
De Venecia
said Department of Tourism Secretary Wanda Corazon Teo and Public Works
and Highways Secretary Mark Villar, who he visited three times,
already endorsed these projects.
"While
we are coming in to the next budget season, we are already taking the
necessary steps for these projects to be considered," said
Rep. De Venecia,
At the
request of De Venecia, feasibility studies were already conducted
for the two proposed projects with the help of LGU
Dagupan and Mayor Belen Fernandez. At the same time, the
locations of the projects were already subjected to geo-tag by the
DPWH.
The two
projects, he said, will be the first convergence projects of the DOT,
DPWH and the LGU Dagupan," he added.
"We
already did all the steps that need to be done so that these
projects will be realized and boost the capacity of Dagupan to
attract more tourists," De Venecia explained.
But while
awaiting funding from the national government for the board walk,
LGU Dagupan is already set to start the project using its own
fund.
De Venecia
envisions Dagupan as a tourism hub in the fourth district of Pangasinan
in view of its many historical sites and tourism infrastructure.
These
include the Mac Arthur monument at Tondaligan Park, the Home Economic building
where General Mac Arthur made his first command post on Luzon soil during the
liberation period, the remnants of the Franklin bridge washed out by a big
flood in 1937, the Dagupan City Museum and many others..
Dagupan is
the educational center of Pangasinan, with at least three universities and
several other schools of higher learning within its fold.
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