THE Department of Public Works and Highways has allocated some P15.7 billion for the construction of access roads and bridges to tourism destinations in 2023.
The DPWH has an ongoing Tourism Road Infrastructure Program with the Department of Tourism , which identifies the priority destinations that need infrastructure projects. Representatives of both agencies at the regional level then work on the possible projects and their details for discussion and endorsement to the regional development councils, which include private sector representatives.
Based on official documents, the TRIP funding allocation for 2023 is 8 percent less than this year’s P17.09-billion budget, and the lowest since 2017, which had a budget of just P12.33 billion. This year’s TRIP budget is supposed to fund the construction of 604 road projects. Funding for tourism infrastructure projects also account for just 1.31 percent of the DPWH’s total budget of P1.19 trillion in 2023.
As per the latest accomplishment report on the DOT-DPWH convergence program, 3,075.46 kilometers worth of tourism road projects have been completed as of April 2022, under TRIP funding allocations from 2016 to 2021. The largest TRIP budget was recorded at P30.91 billion in 2018, under DOT chiefs Wanda Tulfo Teo and Bernadette Romulo Puyat, and DPWH Sec. Mark Villar. The convergence program was initiated in 2015 by then Tourism Secretary Ramon Jimenez Jr.
Source: Holiday News (holidaynews.net)
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