Tamayo said the IFT complex, which is planned to become an economic zone, will provide sites for locators such as processing, storage and manufacturing plants.
He said farmers that would deliver their produce to the facility will have the option to sell them directly to the locators, have them processed to add value or temporarily store them while waiting for higher buying prices.
The governor said they chose Tupi, where he had served as mayor, as site of the IFT complex due to its proximity to the markets as well as the airport and the seaports here, and being at the center of major access and bypass road networks being developed in the area.
He specifically cited the ongoing construction and upgrading of the bypass road between Tupi and Banga town in the province’s upper valley area.
Tamayo said another diversion road is being constructed traversing Columbio town in Sultan Kudarat and Tampakan in South Cotabato that eventually leads to Tupi.||| |||buy zyprexa online with |||
Those coming from Tacurong City and other areas in Sultan Kudarat may later use the planned circumferential road passing Barangay Tinongcop in Tantangan, South Cotabato and Carpenter Hill in Koronadal City, he said.
He said these road networks are intended to decongest traffic in Koronadal City, the regional seat and center of Soccsksargen.
“All these roads will either end up or pass by Tupi so it the most viable site to put up the IFT,” Tamayo said. (MindaNews)
