Transportation
Sipalay is linked to its various barangays and adjacent towns, cities and other areas within the Negros Island by the existing 269.56-kilometers long road network of national, provincial, city, barangay and private roads. Complementing this is a network of bridges with a total length of 542.16 linear meters.
Road Network Inventory, Sipalay City , 2003
Type Length Asphalt Concrete All Weather
(kilometers) (kilometers) (kilometers) (kilometers)
National 59.7 18.7 6.08 34.92
Provincial 5 0 2.5 2.5
Municipal 27.41 0 8.32 19.09
Barangay 172.95 0 5.5 168.25
Private 4.5 0 0 4.5
Total 269.56 18.7 22.4 229.26
The transportation system is predominantly road-based with strong linkages with existing air and sea terminals in Bacolod City and Dumaguete City . These terminals serve as the central hubs for western Negros , linking directly with Manila in Luzon and Mindanao via Cebu . The road density is about 0.55 kilometers per 100 hectares, less than 20 percent of which are in good paved condition.
There is no regular sea transport, however, to reach the coastal barangays. The existing Campomanes Bay Ecoport, while already operational, is yet to service as a sea link to other areas of the province and the country. Inter-island connection between Sipalay City and the rest of the country is possible via Bacolod City or Dumaguete City , both of which are about 180 kilometers away.
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