LINGAYEN – The Sangguniang Panlalawigan has urged the Department of Public Works and Highways and the Tarlac-Pangasinan-La Union Expressway (TPLEX) builders to stick to the original alignment of TPLEX and speed up its completion at the earliest time possible.
This was expressed by the province’s legislative body in a resolution it approved during its regular session on Monday, November 2.
The resolution authored by Board Member Generoso D.Tulagan, Jr. has expressed its sentiment and support to the original alignment of TPLEX which has already received all the necessary approvals and endorsements.
The SP likewise deemed the TPLEX as an important project which would further strengthen the transportation and infrastructure support not only to the people of Pangasinan but also its neighboring areas.
Towards this end, the body said it is the collective sense of the Province of Pangasinan and its people that TPLEX be fast-tracked at the soonest possible time.
The TPLEX is an 88-kilometer expressway currently under construction north of Manila passing through Tarlac, Pangasinan up to Rosario, La Union.
The SP said it has served as the safe route for motorists going to and from Pangasinan including the rescue staff.
In another resolution, the SP extended its sympathy and condolences to the family of the late Ret. Vice Admiral Virgilio Q. Marcelo of the Philippine Navy.
Authored by BM Ranjit R. Shahani and co-authored by all SP members, the resolution expressed the provincial government’s sympathy by joining the whole province in sending off a good man to eternity.
Marcelo had held high-ranking positions of authority in public and private sectors.
He was Flag Officer in Command of the Philippine Navy after his retirement in 1994, assumed as Undersecretary for Field Operations of DENR, Director of National Power Corporation and Vice President for Community Relations of San Roque Power Corporation.
He has also founded the Narra Multi-Purpose Cooperative which has served as a vehicle to uplift the living conditions of his townmates in San Manuel, Pangasinan.
As the SP pays tribute to the achievements of Marcelo, it lauded his great, if not excellent contributions to the society, and his meritorious accomplishments that made him earn respect and pride.