Fast completion of flood control projects vowed

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PRESIDENT Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Wednesday vowed the prompt completion of flood control projects in Central Luzon.

“So, let me assure all that the government, through the Public Works [department], will expeditiously complete the ongoing flood control projects here in Region 3,” the President said during the inauguration of the Integrated Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation Project-Stage 1 (IDRR-CCA 1) in Masantol, Pampanga.

IDRR-CCA 1 was built to reduce the depth, as well as the duration of floods from 66 days to 17 days in the municipalities of Macabebe, Masantol, Minalin and Sto. Tomas.

President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., accompanied by the Ambassador of South Korea to the Philippines, Lee Sang-Hwa, and Public Works Secretary Manuel Bonoan, tours the Integrated Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation project in Pampanga on Aug. 7, 2024. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO

It will improve the capacity of the Third River, Eastern Branch River, Caduang Tete River, and Sapang Maragul River, whose waters drain into the Pampanga River.

The project’s funding of P7.57 billion came from the Export-Import Bank of Korea-Economic Development Cooperation Fund.

Marcos enumerated several flood control projects completed by the Department of Public Works and Highways in the region, including an P85 million flood control structure at Pampanga River in Gabaldon, Nueva Ecija, completed in May, and the P91 million rehabilitation of the eroded bank of the Pampanga River in Candating, Arayat, completed in October last year.

The President encouraged local government units and ordinary citizens to judiciously maintain their waterways and exercise proper waste disposal.

“With climate change and with the effects of an increasing population, we expect that we will experience more and more of these historic flooding events,” Marcos said, pertaining to the recent floods triggered by a typhoon-enhanced southwest monsoon.

“For flood control to work, we must do our part in maintaining our canals and waterways and in recycling and properly disposing of our garbage,” he added.

President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr., together with the Ambassador of South Korea to the Philippines, Lee Sang-Hwa, Speaker Ferdinand Martin Romualdez and Public Works Secretary Manuel Bonoan, inaugurates the Integrated Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation (IDRR-CCA) Measure in Pampanga Bay – Stage I on Aug. 7, 2024. This project, aimed at significantly improving flood resilience, will benefit the towns of Macabebe, Masantol, Minalin, and Sto. Tomas in Pampanga. POOL PHOTOS/RYAN BALDEMOR