PPA To Construct P10M Roro Port In Guadalupe-Mercado
By Quirico M. Gorpido,Jr.
Maasin City, Southern Leyte-The Philippine Port Authority, thru the initiative of Congressman Roger Mercado to construct an alternative roro port in brgy.Guadalupe here, has finally informed the latter lately that PPA will now push thru with his plan.
This was the revelation of the Southern Leyte solon during his coming to his district to attend the groundbreaking ceremony of Metro Gaisano for the construction of a department store/supermarket at the new reclamation area where the bus terminal is located.
The port’s construction, if there will be no hitches, will start during the first quarter of 2011, he said.
He implied that it would be good if the new roro port would be finished before the end of March 2011,so that it could be inaugurated on March 30,2011,in time for the launching of 500 years anniversary of Ferdinand Magellan’s landing and the first Catholic mass(2021)held in Limasawa Island in 1521.
Mercado informed that construction of Guadalupe port would serve students and travelers in Maasin and its neighboring towns in going to Cebu with lesser expenses and shorter travel time. “Going to Bato or Hilongos to board a passenger ship for Cebu City is more expenses for both of them”, he said.
The Congressman disclosed that the passenger ship or ferry boat in Guadalupe can cruise directly to Mactan Island without anymore passing the Camotes Island known for its rough seas even during good weather. This sea passage is an inevitable route for most ships coming from Leyte, a jolt of surprise among unfamiliar passengers, who at the course of their travel experienced comfortable ride before reaching the Camotes Island.
“Again, the travel time in going to Cebu would become shorter than if you go to Bato or Hilongos to take a ship bound for the aforesaid City”, he emphasized.
Since barangay Guadalupe is located in an enclave, unaffected by the habagat season(northwestern monsoon),he said, it will likewise serve as an alternative port for Maasin’s,which is facing the Pacific and is subjected to wild lashing of huge waves during the habagat season, making a docking ship ramming in constant destructive motions against the pier’s sides.
With the existence of a new port in the near future. Mercado pointed out, foreign tourists arriving at Mactan International Airport who want to go to Southern Leyte to visit some tourist spots, would not have to go to Cebu City anymore, but just take a boat in Mactan direct to Guadalupe port in Maasin.”This is a more comfortable travel for them than going to Cebu City to take a ship for Maasin”, he explained.
in an interview with the media at City Hall, Richard Ryu,a Korean investor invited by the solon thru a friend in Manila to engage in business here, confided that he will be providing the ferry boats service for the Guadalupe-Cebu route and vice versa.
Mercado further said that as the port progresses in its operation, and travelers and students would be coming to Guadalupe, the ferry services might be extended to Surigao City, that is Guadalupe-Surigao –Cebu route and Cebu-Guadalupe-Surigao or vice versa.(Quirico M. Gorpido,Jr.)
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