La Union Second District Rep. Sandra Eriguel said the completion of the Anduyan Bridge and the interlinked Anduyan-Rizal-San Pascual Road and Aringay-Tubao Road connecting La Union and Benguet provinces will boost mobility, tourism and trade in Northern Luzon.
“The people of La Union are very grateful to Secretary Mark Villar and to the whole DPWH [Department of Public Works and Highways] family,” said Eriguel, whose late husband Rep. Franny Eriguel pushed for the funding and implementation of the infrastructure project as early as 2015.
The P493.9-million project, spanning nearly 15 kilometers, will cut travel time from Tubao, La Union to Asin Hot Spring in Tuba, Benguet from more than two hours to 35 minutes. It will also reduce travel time to Baguio City to less than an hour. More than 4,000 motorists are expected to benefit from the project per day.
Villar and other DPWH officials led the inauguration of the 360-meter Anduyan Bridge and the 14.24-km road section along Aringay-Tubao Alternate Road leading to Asin Hot Spring and Baguio City on Nov. 26.
Eriguel said her late husband pushed for the implementation of the project in 2015 to boost tourism in the area. “This bridge was his dream. In fact, I can call this as ‘Franny’s Dream Bridge’ or in Ilocano ‘Frany’s Arapaap Rangtay’. Fran and I inspected this project in February. He was excitedly looking forward to the scheduled inauguration in June 2018. But, sadly, he was murdered on May 12. However, we shall continue the dream of Frany,” Eriguel said.
“Let us ‘Build, Build, Build’ in La Union,” said Eriguel.