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January 27, 2010

Villar to pursue Bataan coastal road to Roxas Blvd.

by Mart T. Supnad (Manila Bulletin)
http://mb.com.ph/articles/240414/villar-pursue-bataan-coastal-road-roxas-blvd

BALANGA CITY, Bataan — Nacionalista Party (NP) standard-bearer Senator Manny Villar assured Bataeños that he will push for the construction of the Bataan Coastal Road that spans from Roxas Boulevard in Manila to this province.

Addressing huge crowds of newly recruited leaders and members of the NP in Bataan over the weekend in this component city, Rep. Cynthia Villar, who represented her husband Sen. Villar, said that the road project was assured by the senator to bring Bataan closer to Metro Manila.

The proposal to construct the coastal expressway has long been proposed by local leaders here but lack of funds prevented them from doing so.

Once the project pushes through, travel time from Bataan to Metro Manila via the coastal road will only take probably more or less one hour, shortening the travel time by land by almost half. Usually, travel time from here to Manila takes more than two hours.

During the gathering of political leaders and members of NP, hundreds of newly recruited leaders representing all towns of the province and the City of Balanga took their oath before Mrs. Villar.
Senator Villar is considered a native of Bataan since his mother is from Orani town, a vote-rich town in the first district.

Nardi David, local political leader of the NP here, expressed optimism that Villar and his party will win by landslide due to the senator’s popularity among the Bataeños brought about perhaps by his active mingling with the people from all walks of life here, not to mention the various projects he had funded in Bataan.

Joining the party was Mrs. Pong Querubin, who represented her husband detained Marine Col. Ariel Querubin who is running for senator under the NP party

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