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INFRASTRUCTURE
The LGU’s various existing farm-to-market roads
are badly in need of repairs and Maintenance. The said roads are hardly
passable, especially during rainy season. On the other hand, some of the
existing heavy equipment are already dilapidated and are very old,
service-life-wise. Thus, it often bogs down during operations and would
often take weeks before it would ran again, delaying the lined-up
projects. Also, the LGU’s heavy equipment are not adequate to
rehabilitate nor construct the various existing and proposed farm to
market roads of the municipality. With the present administration’s
thrust towards agriculture, the LGU has prioritized the
rehabilitation/construction of farm-to-market roads in order to help the
farmers in the transportation of their products and in turn, materialize
the administration’s goals. There is a need to mobilize resources for
the procurement of additional heavy equipment.
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mostly are damaged
UTILITIES
The
potable water supply in the poblacion and barangays Langatian, Piao and
Nabilid is from the Municipal Water District which is a private
institution. There are about 880 households using LWWA as source of
water. All other barangays in the municipality are with developed
spring. Deep well, shallow well and open spring are among other source
of water in all other barangays.
Power supply in this municipality is solely supplied by the Zamboanga
del Norte Electric Cooperative (ZANECO). Eighteen (18) barangays of
this municipality has power supply and there are more or less 3,500
households with power supply.
Transportation available in this municipality is in various type. In
the poblacion, busses, vans, jeepneys and motorcabs are available. The
Lillian Bus Company and Mary May Bus Company are the major
transportation companies operating which has a coverage area from
Dipolog City to Zamboanga City. There are also private owned
motorcyles, automobiles and other vehicles used. In the hinter
barangays, jeepneys and a motorcyle with extension called
“habal-habal” is their means of transportation and being commonly used.
The municipality in
terms of communication is easy because of the presence of the “Telepono
ng Bayan” in every barangay and also the Local Government Unit of Roxas
has its own Telecommunication Office that can accommodate long distance
calls here and abroad and equipped with a fax machine for messages.
There are also several number of cellular phones functioning owned by
individuals and payphones using cards are also visible in some of the
sari-sari stores.
SECURITY, LAW AND
ORDER
The
municipality, by far, is a peaceful community with its constituents
enjoying the freedom and safety of walking around at night without
harmful repercussions. However, inspite of the anti-illegal gambling
and anti-drug abuse campaign of the municipality through the PNP, these
illegal activities are still at work. Also, there are reports reaching
this LGU that armed men have been sighted at the various far-flung
Barangays of this municipality. In relation to the state of peace and
order nationwide, these sightings could not be undermined. However, the
municipality has no adequate number of police personnel. At present,
the PNP are on Red Alert status due to the reported threat of the MILF
and Abu Sayaff groups in Zamboanga del Norte. In this light, assistance
from the higher PNP and military personnel is badly needed. |
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