Yap, along with presidential chief of staff Mike Defensor, distributed the cheques to local officials during his visit and inspection last week of the Bontoc-Tabuk-Tuguegarao Road Improvement Project which links the Cordillera Administrative Region and the Cagayan Valley to the rest of the north.
The beneficiaries of the P7-million include Barangay Ableg, which received P1.5 million; Battiken Village, P1 million, which are both located in Tabuk, Kalinga; and the Cagayan Valley towns of Sta. Ana for the construction of the San Vicente-Gutan farm-to-market road, P1.5 million; Calayan for the Katarungan and Katayanan farm-to-market road, P1 million; Dungan, P1.3 million; and Anungo, P700,000.
Yap, who is concurrent regional coordinator for the NLAQ, said the farm-to-market roads, along with the completion of the Bontoc-Tabuk-Tuguegarao road improvement project, "would help speed up the delivery of farmers produce from farms to town markets and urban centers in Luzon."
Likewise, Yap said, the farm-to-market roads would also benefit growers by increasing their income, and consumers through lower prices of agricultural products.