Tanauan, Leyte -- The local government of Tanauan, Leyte has started the realization of its dream of modernizing its Public Market to accommodate its growing commercial and business sector.

Today, the local government, through the Bids and Awards Committee, conducted a pre-bid conference for the preparation of the Feasibility Study and Engineering Design.

Mayor Roque Tiu informed that the plan is for the old Public Market to be totally modernized by borrowing from a bank because of the big amount which will be needed to undertake such big endeavor.

Mayor Tiu added that the local government has opted to conduct a feasibility study first to see the viability of the project. The local government called for consultancy groups to make their bids. However, the local government made it clear that the payment for the conduct of the feasibility study to the winning consultancy entity, will depend on the acceptance of the feasibility study and the engineering design and the eventual release of the funds from the Bank.

The feasibility study is important especially because the Market Modernization Project will entitle a big amount of money, Mayor Tiu said, stressing the fact that the local government does not want to experience what happened to several local governments which undertook projects which later turned out not to be feasible.

Mayor Tiu believes that the Market Modernization project in Tanauan will prove to be viable considering the continuous increase of businesses opening following the local government's implementation of its streamlined application in opening business in the municipality.

Mayor Tiu disclosed that the people's pulse has been taken into consideration as it made a survey in its website as to the people's reaction to the proposed project. So far, those who are in favor outnumber the very few who are not in favor.