Travel Time from Marawi to Cagayan de Oro Will Shorten for the Road Project

From 3.5 hours travel time from Marawi to Cagayan de Oro will reduce into 1.5 hours travel time for the road project with the concreting of the Kapai-Tagoloan-Talakag road.

Road projects for Lanao del Sur, 2015. Photo courtesy of ARMM-DPWH

 Governor Mujiv Hataman of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) and Lanao Del Sur Mamintal Adiong Jr. signed in Kapai, Lanao del Sur last Friday the memorandum of agreement (MOA) allowing the provincial government to implement the project starting this year, with the concreting of the road from Kapai to Tagoloan, also in Lanao del Sur, the last ARMM town en route to Talakag, Bukidnon in Region 10.

Kapai town is 30 minutes away from Marawi City and is the gateway to secluded Tagoloan town, the last frontier in the tri-boundary of Lanao Del Sur, Bukidnon and Cagayan De Oro City.

This road project is part of the vision of Gov. Mujiv Hataman to open a ‘short cut’ that will allow residents of Lanao del Sur to reach urban centers like Cagayan de Oro at the shortest time possible, no longer passing through Iligan City,

said Engr. Don Loong, Secretary of the ARMM’s Department of Public Works and Highways.

The impact of this now is cheaper transport cost and faster transactions for farmers to bring their goods to the market, Hataman said in his speech after the signing of the MOA.

Soon we can have trucks to bring the goods to the people, easy access to urban trading, health facilities, government offices and education for children, Hataman said.