Puno unveils over P8M city projects today

04/03/2010 08:03

The newly-constructed Boalan Fire station, one of the five projects funded by the city government under the administration of Mayor Celso Lobregat that will be inaugurated today with Local Government Secretary Ronaldo Puno as guest. (JOEY BAUTISTA)

Local Government Secretary Ronaldo Puno arrives in Zamboanga City this morning to grace the inauguration of over P8 million worth of city funded projects in barangays Boalan, Recodo and Ayala.

The projects to be unveiled include the new fire station in Boalan worth P1.919 million, rehabilitated Boalan barangay hall and health center worth P839, 000 and the road widening project also in Boalan; the P1.917 million new fire station in Recodo and P3.445 million two-storey police station in Ayala.

The fire and police station projects are part of Mayor Celso Lobregat’s massive infrastructure program and are in line with the city’s all out support to the police, fire and other law enforcement agencies.

The renovated Boalan barangay hall which houses the health center as well as the road widening project form part of Mayor Lobregat’s program to disperse trade and commerce as well as improve public service.

Sec. Puno and Mayor Lobregat are expected to enplane in from Manila this morning afterwhich they will proceed to Boalan for the inauguration of the 3 projects at 10:30a.m.

At 2 p.m., the secretary and the mayor will lead the group to Recodo in the west coast for the inauguration of the fire station and later at 3 p.m. they will motor to Ayala for the inauguration of the police station.

Sec. Puno has time and again expressed his all out appreciation to Mayor Lobregat and the city government for the many projects implemented for public safety.

Last June 23, 2009, Sec. Puno came to Zamboanga with Chief PNP Jesus Versoza and Undersecretary Marius Corpus to inaugurate the 10 pumpboats donated by the city government to the local police, the newly renovated and restored Central Police Station worth P1.6 million, the newly constructed P4.6 million two-storey 4 cell building at the City Reformatory Center and the P4.1 million newly constructed Sinunuc Police Station.

He came back to the city last November 14, 2009 to inaugurate the P3.8 million repair and restoration of the heritage Central Fire station. (Sheila Covarrubias)