By JONATHAN DE SANTOS
RESIDENTS of Casiguran opposed to the construction and land conversion at the Aurora Pacific Economic and Freeport Zone (APECO) may be barking up the wrong tree, APECO spokesman Kent Avestruz said Tuesday.
In a telephone interview with Vera Files, Avestruz said APECO has been doing road construction in areas covered by the freeport, but that is to improve existing roads, which he explained, do not encroach on agricultural land.
In fact, he said, the road improvements have been welcomed by residents. “Many residents are happy about it because it will bring up land prices.”
APECO, he added, has nothing to do with the parcel of land that Casiguran farmers are expecting to be turned over to them. “That belongs to ASCOT (Aurora State College of Technology) and that’s out of our hands,” he said.
