San Juanico bridge will be the talk of the town again.
Once known as Marcos bridge, the San Juanico was built in 1969
over the San Juanico Strait, the narrowest navigational strait in the world
that separates Islands of Samar and Leyte in Region 8, and was completed in
December 1972.
The bridge, which has the length of 2.162-km., was built as part
of the Pan-Philippine Highway now called the Maharlika Highway, a network of
roads, bridges, and sea routes that connect the islands of Luzon, Samar, Leyte,
and Mindanao.
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| San Juanico Bridge (photo credit to owner) |
Being a natural tourist spot in the region, the Department of
Tourism is levelling up in terms of its beautification of the bridge, it’s a first
of it s kind in the country- the P80 million San Juanico Bridge Aesthetic
Lighting Project.
Spearheaded and f unded by the Tourism Infrastructure and
Enterprise Zone Authority (TIEZA,the project is up for completion after six
months.
Samar 2nd District Rep. Sharee Ann Tan, the project proponent
during her term as governor last year, said it “will transform the image of
Samar from being poverty- and conflict-stricken into a tourism haven.”
"Samar will be surely noticed through this lighting project.
We have to make people aware that we are not part of Leyte or Tacloban City. We
want to be identified as Samar, the mother of three Samar provinces. We don't
want to compete, but we only want to complement other provinces in the region.
We want the San Juanico Bridge to not only be the bridge of love, but also the bridge
of prosperity," Tan told.
TIEZA awarded the contract to Amigo Entertainment Technologies,
Inc., one of the country’s leaders in providing audio and visual technologies
for commercial and industrial applications.
Amando Zamora, Amigo chief executive officer, said the project
will use light-emitting diodes, transforming the bridge into a “shining
diamond” from afar.
"The lighting will be in the default position for 45 minutes
per hour in white and strobe lights. There will be a 10-minute lighting show
for six times nightly. Its color may also depend on the occasion, such as red
for Valentine's, red and green for Christmas, and violet for Lent," Zamora
said.
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