The 3rd Civil Military Operations (CMO) Battalion said on Facebook on Sunday that the construction of the bridge at Sitio Cabagal in Barangay Buenavista will start after the groundbreaking and laying of time capsule held on Friday.
The 80-meter bridge will connect five sitios in the village, including Cabagal, Malo, Palay, Vito and Universal, whose residents mainly rely on farming for livelihood.
Most of them earn a living from planting sugarcane, corn, rice and vegetables.
The project, located about 10 kilometers from the city proper, is expected to be completed in November this year.
The steel hanging bridge in Barangay Buenavista is the third to be constructed by the 542nd ECB in Himamaylan located in southern Negros. The first two are in Barangay Carabalan and in Barangay Mahalang.
Councilor Emmanuel Castro, on behalf of Mayor Agustin Ernesto Bascon, expressed the city government's appreciation of the continued assistance of the 542nd ECB.
“We are thankful to the 542nd ECB because this is the third time that they are building a steel hanging bridge,” Castro said in a statement.
Major Arvin Cabantug, executive officer of 542ECB, said the project is a symbol of “peace and development” dedicated to the people of the beneficiary-barangays.
The partnership is a fulfillment of the social responsibility essence of the Armed Forces of the Philippines’ Development Support and Security Plan “Kapayapaan.”
Buenavista village chief Harry Higgins witnessed the groundbreaking and laying of time capsule, with about 70 residents together with Cabantug, personnel of the 3rd CMO Battalion led by Captain Ariel Castro and Himamaylan City Police Station headed by Chief Inspector Antonio Benitez, and some city government employees.
http://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1041506
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