P23 million for two major Bohol Tourism Road Improvement Projects (Bohol TRIPs), and the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) administrative order converting the Sagbayan-Danao Road into a national highway. A multi-million windfall for Bohol after two meetings of the province governor with Public Works Secretary Hermogenes Ebdane Jr. who ordered the immediate release of P15 million for the Sagbayan-Danao Road, and an initial P8 million for the Ubay New Access Road from the Bohol Circumferential Road Project to the Ubay Port – Bohol’s gateway to Metro Manila and northeastern Mindanao under President Arroyo’s Strong Republic Nautical Highway. Ebdane also released his Department Administrative Order converting the vital Sagbayan-Danao Road into a national highway. The secretary assured for the province that he will similarly issue in due time the administrative order converting the Balilihan-Janopol-Batuan Provincial Road , the Guindulman-Anda-Cogtong-Candijay-Mabini-Ubay Provincial Road as well as the Baclayon Bypass into national highways. The conversion of the afore-cited highways will relieve the provincial government of the road maintenance and improvement thereon since the responsibility will now be undertaken by the national government.
