The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) on Wednesday said that two major flood-control projects in Metro Manila are expected to be finished next year.
Public Works Secretary Rogelio L. Singson, during the budget deliberation of the agency’s proposed P378.2 billion for 2016, said these two major flood-control projects are the P609- million Mandaluyong Main Drainage Project and the P600-million Blumentritt Interceptor Catchment Area.
“We are 80-percent complete for Blumentritt flood [-control] project and we expect this project to be completed in March 2016 while the Mandaluyong project, which is 64-percent complete, will be finished in June 2016,” Singson said.
According to Singson, the P5- billion high-impact flood-control project for Metro Manila will be finished in November 2015.
Singson said these flood-control projects are part of the P351.7-billion Master Plan for Flood Management in Metro Manila and surrounding areas which will be completed in 2035.
Meanwhile, other projects under the Master Plan for Flood Management include Pasig-Marikina River Improvement and Dam Construction (P198.4 billion); Meycauayan River Improvement (P14 billion); Malabon-Tullahan River Improvement (P21 billion); South Parañaque-Las Piñas River Improvement (P17.3 billion); East Mangahan Floodway (Cainta and Taytay River Improvement) (P25 billion); West Laguna Lakeshore Land Raising (P25.1 billion); Land Raising for Small Cities around Laguna shore (P7.1 billion); Improvement of the inflow rivers to Laguna Lake (P637 million); Manila Core Area Drainage Improvement (P27.2 billion); West Mangahan Area Drainage Improvement (P5.5 billion); and Valenzuela-Obando-Meycauayan Improvement (P8.6 billion).
The DPWH is seeking a budget of P378.35 billion higher than this year’s budget of P290 billion.
Singson said that of the DPWH budget, P202 billion is allotted to national roads and bridges program, while P59.8 billion is for flood-control nationwide.