Five years ago I was talking to Eric Singson,the Vice Governor of Ilocos Sur that time, I ask him if they have plans to create a lateral road link artery for Mountain Province and Ilocos Sur. He answered by describing a plan to connect Vigan, Sagada and Banaue as a major lateral highway connecting three provinces and three regions.HE said, that the highway will be traversing the famous Tirad Pass at Del Pilar, down to the municipality of Quirino Ilocos Sur then up the municipality of Besao and Sagada then to Bontoc Mountain Province where it will link with an on going road concreting towards Banaue Ifugao.Its a good plan though, Its a short cut to the Cordilleras grunting there is a ferry boat from Manila to Vigan just like those old Spanish days. From Vigan to Ifugao will be a short yet historic and picturesque trip. Well, just like this writer Eric was just dreaming that someday the Highway will soon be realized. Yes because even the bridge connecting the town of Cervantes Ilocos Sur and Tadian Mountain Province Was done halfway across the river towards Mountain province side and up to this day it's still unfinished, the last time I saw the bridge was six years ago and until now the project was abandoned with the construction materials rusting away. The Igorots and Ilocanos who are supposed to benefit from this very important bridge have to wait for eternity maybe for the bridge to be finished, the government should make it a criminal act when a contractor abandons his project, this is an economic sabotage and should be dealt with severely, but many lawmakers will not allow it because they are the men behind these dummy contractors.