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Senate okays 4 bills renaming roads, bridge

November 7, 2023 Camille P. Balagtas 193 views

THE Senate approved on third and final reading four bills renaming roads and a bridge in the provinces of Bohol, Pangasinan, Camarines Sur and Iligan City in the Northern Mindanao region.

Approved was House Bill No. (HBN) 606 renaming the Bohol Island Circumferential Road, which commences in Bgy. Poblacion III towards the north of Tagbilaran City, and returns to Bgy. Poblacion III from the eastern side of Tagbilaran City in Bohol, as the President Carlos P. Garcia Circumferential Road.

The Senate also approved HBN 6688 which seeks to rename Urdaneta City Bypass Road — traversing Barangays Nancayasan, Santo Domingo, Santa Lucia, Camantiles, and Anonas in Urdaneta City, Pangasinan, –Ambassador Eduardo “Danding” M. Cojuangco Jr. Avenue.

Also approved on third reading was HBN 7126 naming the national highway stretching from Bgy. San Juan Bautista, traversing through Barangays Tagongtong, Abucayan, Hiwacloy, Digdigon, Balaynan and Payatan In the municipality of Goa, Barangays Lupi, Tierra Nevada, Binalay, Camagong, Salvacion, San Roque, San Ramon, Sagrada, La Medalla, Magsaysay and San Vicente in the municipality of Tinambac, up to Barangay Nalayahan in the municipality of Siruma, all in the province of Camarines Sur, as Speaker Arnulfo ”Noli” Fuentebella Highway.

The Senate also approved HBN 6694 renaming the Tambacan bridge traversing the Iligan River located in Bgy. Tambacan, Iligan City in the Northern Mindanao Region as Mariano Lluch Badelles Sr. Bridge.