By Chris Navarro\
APALIT -- Local government officials here have lauded President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo for releasing a P73-million fund for the asphalt overlaying of the dilapidated Manila North Road (MNR) here.
Mayor Oscar Tetangco Jr. said on Tuesday that the people of Apalit are "truly grateful" to the President "for her genuine concern for the welfare of her cabalens."
He said rehabilitation works, which started the other day, are being undertaken by the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH)-1st Pampanga Engineering District.
The project covers the MNR's Calumpit, Bulacan to San Simon, Pampanga costing P40 million.
The mayor said another package is the Sampaga to Colgante road that will also be overlayed at a cost of P33 million. The two projects will have a total length of eight kilometers.
He said even the approaches of the Sulipan Bridge here are included in the package.
Tetangco, who formed a task force to go after overloaded trucks together with other mayors in the fourth district, said "overloading" is the major cause of the national road's deterioration.
He said they have been prohibiting overloaded trucks from using the San Simon-Apalit section of the MNR, as these extra heavy vehicles cause damages to the road.
Earlier, mayors in the Fourth District towns met with officials of the Pampanga Truckers Association and Quarry Federation of Pampanga to work out ways on how to regulate and monitor overloaded trucks using the MNR.
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