GENERAL SANTOS CITY (9 March 2015) – Five streetlights were donated by the SoEnergy International to lighten up one of the dim streets in Barangay Apopong.
SoEnergy, one of the power distributors of Gensan operating in Apopong, installed five streetlights in Olaer Road in the wake of requests by residents to illuminate the area to deter crimes.
“As part of our corporate social responsibility,” said SoEnergy operations head Yesid Figueroa, “we have to make the communities—in where we operate—better.”
“It is not all about the profit,” Figueroa added.
City Mayor Ronnel Rivera, during the ceremonial lighting on March 4, said the city government will pay the bill of these streetlights.
The mayor said that with the help of SOCOTECO, the installation of these streetlights was hastened and the maintenance will be the responsibility of SOCOTECO and City Engineer’s Office (CEO).
“We will do our best to make the lives of our constituents better. We will form strong Public-Private Partnerships in order to build more projects that would benefit the city,” Mayor Rivera said.
Each of the streetlights cost around P20,000.
CEO head Francisco Provido disclosed that the city has still inadequacy of streetlights.
“In our study, we have assessed that the city is still in need of approximately 2,000 streetlights. We are trying our best, together with the mayor to fill these gaps,” Provido said.
Recently, 719 streetlights were erected by the partnership of Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH), LGU Gensan, and SOCOTECO in the junctions of DARBCI-Hadano, Hadano-Makar, Lagao-Katangawan, and Lagao-Buayan.
These streetlights, together with their components, were funded by the LGU Gensan, at a cost of around P33 million.
The stretch of Batomelong to Tinagacan will be the next area to be illuminated according to the CEO head.
Mayor Rivera indicated that inner roads, as well as the barangay streets, would soon have streetlights.
“I want the entire Gensan to be bright. This would help us to prevent crimes and make our constituents feel safe at night,” the mayor said. (Gensan CPIO/ Ian John Lagare)
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