Picture show’s the poster advertising the new P360 million peso  road down the middle of Boracay ,  which is another excellent project of   President Arroyo’s administration.

The new  road has been built right beside the ocean in some parts . In this photo , if you were going to turn left up ahead ,you would run into the Main Road at the  crossing to boat station number 3 . If you continue straight on the new road , you’ll end up in Bulabog Beach passing through the dead forest.

The circumferential road of Boracay passes behind the dead forest ,  which you can see on the left of the photo .Actually the dead forest is really dead now with no remaining trees standing , only the tree roots sticking out of the water.

The heavy machinery involved with building and carving out the new road on Boracay Island in the Philippines.

Here’s some good news from Boracay or bad news depending on how you look at this new road project . The good news is that the road network on Boracay will eventually become a one way street system with this new circumferential road project of Philippine  President Arroyo , meaning traffic will flow faster along the congested Main Road as all vehicles will be travelling in the same direction . Right now the small two lane Main Road is a mess because when the local tricycles  pull over to let passengers off ,  all traffic behind must stop and wait causing traffic delays .At least with the one way traffic it would allow traffic to always be moving , even if the local transport are dropping people off along the road.

More good news is the fact that the road has opened up access to the middle and back parts of the island . Some land owners will like the increase in people traffic the road will bring . Land values will surely rise ,and business opportunities will be plenty along the road . I remember in the 90’s when  the Main Road was first  built in front of Cocomangas , my reaction was sadness at the loss of the  white sandy pathway for a cement road , but traffic increased to my business because of that road so it ended up being a blessing in disguise.

The only bad news would be for the people that sought peace and tranquility by building on the backside of Boracay .The road will surely bring heavy noise pollution to some of the  quiet isolated properties. But like everything in life you can’t keep all of the people happy .The new road is a badly  needed infrastructure project for Boracay so tourism  can continue to grow to the one million arrival mark .

Yours truly,

John Munro