ANGELES CITY – Mayor Edgardo “Ed” Pamintuan on Monday said his “timely and incessant” intercession with the Department of public Works and Highways effected the P100-million rehabilitation work at the West Circumferential road..
In statement sent via SMS txt message, Pamintuan said “I never argued on other projects allotted to the congressional districts, like funds from road board, farm to market, etc.”
“What I am pointing out are the big ticket projects like the ‘DPWH- DOT Convergence Infra which I advanced and proposed to be taken up during the series of meetings held by the Regional Development Council in different provinces and cities of which I’m the chair of the RDC for tourism,” Pamintuan texted.
“If not for my timely and incessant intercession, to DPWH and RDC officials on infra, the four-lane expansion and widening of the circumferential road, will not have been included because of Cong. Lazatin’s failure to submit to my office the deed of donation of his land which is a portion of the circumferential road,” he added.
Pamintuan further said he asked the DPWH and other concerned government agencies to accept the other deeds of donation for the project while they were waiting for the deed of donation of Lazatin.
“Pinakiusap lang namin na tanggapin ang mga iba na isubmit na ang deed of donation, and to follow na lang ang ke Cong. Tarzan. Isang araw nalang natitira nun, they okayed it,” said Pamintuan.
Last Thursday, Pamintuan described Lazatin as a “little desperate, little confused credit-grabber” after the congressman reported that the said road project was to be undertaken by his office with the Angeles City Sub-Office of the Department of Public Works and Highways.
”The West Circumferential Road, along with P5.1-billion for other projects for Angeles City are my proposals which I have vigorously pushed before the RDC,” he added.
