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The Department of Agrarian Reform DAR and the Department of Public Works and Highways DPWH have officially started the construction of the Ibung Caldaan bridge located in barangay Ibung Villaverde Nueva Vizcaya right after its groundbreaking ceremony held this January 2021.Provincial Agrarian Reform Officer Dindi Tan said the bridge with a total project cost of P8 million is being implemented under the Tulay ng Pangulo Para sa Kaunlarang Pang-Agraryo TPKP in partnership with the DPWH and the local government unit of Nueva Vizcaya.Once completed Tan said the bridge would benefit more than 4000 villagers of barangay Ibung who are mostly agrarian reform beneficiaries ARBs of the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program CARP. It is being targeted to be completed this June 2021 in time for the rainy season.Tan said the two-way steel bridge incorporates a German precision technology and has a 40.20-meter long and 7-meter-wide span.The bridge project was requested by the villagers and barangay officials in Ibung to provide the farmers an accessible path to transport their products to the marketplace especially during the rainy season when the water overflows from the river Tan emphasized.Tan said the villagers dream is now slowly being realized who for 12 years have been clamoring for the construction of a bridge for them to have easy access to bring their harvests from their respective barangays to the marketplace.Tan led the groundbreaking ceremony with Villaverde Municipal Mayor William P. Tugangui Vice Mayor Ronelle U. Valtoribio Municipal Councilors DAR Regional Director Regional Director Sam Solomero and other DAR and local officials of the Nueva Vizcaya. DAR
