Construction of P70M "world-class" public market in Liloan finally starts

CEBU, Philippines - IT’S all system go for the P70-million public market in Barangay Jubay, Liloan after the project’s groundbreaking ceremony led by Mayor Vincent Franco “Duke” Frasco and Cebu Governor Gwendolyn Garcia.

 The ceremony included the burial of a capsule in the middle of the lot, and the installation of a marker on the same spot.

The capsule contains the necessary papers—plans and programs of the market, deeds of donation for the lot, loan agreement with the bank, contract to build, etc.—to make the project possible.

Frasco thanked former mayor Maria Sevilla for keeping his father’s dreams alive by pursuing the project.

“If it were not for her (Sevilla’s) initiative… the dream of a new public market may have been lost forever,” Frasco said, who ran against his grandmother in 2007 local elections but lost.

The mayor’s deceased father, former mayor Panphil Frasco came up with the idea of new market during the latter’s term from 1992 to 2001.

Frasco described the new public market as “accessible, sanitized and world-class.”

“Most importantly, it will decongest the old public market and will readily accommodate the town’s growing population,” he said, adding that the construction will be completed in 10 months.

The project occupies a two-hectare lot donated by the Frasco family and AboitizLand Inc.

The site is just a few meters from the national road.

“Pagkamaanindot sa mga proyekto nga nagpakita nga kanunay nga nagtamod ug naghunahuna ang pangagamhanan, nga kanunay nga naningkamot nga mouswag ug moabante ang Lilo-an,” Garcia said. — Garry B. Lao/WAB (THE FREEMAN)