Cordova ro-ro port to open in June, says Mayor Sitoy

At noon today, Cordova town officials will sail to Getafe, Bohol and back to Cordova to signal that its new roll-on roll-off (ro-ro) port is ready to serve the public soon.

But the port is not yet fully operational as it still lacks support services like terminals for passengers and cargoes.

Mayor Adelino Sitoy said they target to start serving the public by June with VG Shipping.

The ro-ro port in sitio Camolinas, barangay Poblacion, will serve passengers from Bohol province.

The port is part of the Provincial Reclamation Project in Cordova town.

Mayor Sitoy and his council met with Gov. Gwendolyn Garcia last Thursday and expressed fear that the completion of the project might be delayed.

The contractor is having a slippage and Provincial Engineer Eulogio Pelayre said it is because Cañeda Construction does not have enough trucks.

Garcia gave the contractor one month to cover its slippage and be on schedule again.

To prevent cancellation of the contract, Cañeda Construction promised to double time with its operations.

The phase 1 of the project is targeted to be finished by June and the contractor assured that they will deliver.

Phase 1 covers 10 hectares of the 132-hectare project and costs P80 million.

Mayor Sitoy would start looking for commercial investments once the phase 1 is completed.

In August last year, Governor Garcia inaugurated the “eGwen Avenue,” which is the access road to Cordova’s ro-ro port and Provincial Reclamation Project.

Garcia had said the avenue named after her would be the widest highway in Mactan Island when completed.  Correspondent CArmel Loise Matus