THE Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) said on Sunday its P684-million flood mitigation project in the cities of Cebu and Mandaue is now “substantially” complete.
Public Works Undersecretary Emil K. Sadain said the Unified Project Management Office (UPMO) Flood Control Cluster “has posted a cumulative accomplishment of 95.5 percent in the implementation of the P684-million project contract for the river engineering intervention to protect properties and infrastructure from erosion and flooding in Cebu City and Mandaue City.”
It covers the continuation of revetment and dredging works for Tipolo River, Subangdaku River, Tejero River, Lahug River, Guadalupe River, Kinalumsan River and Bulacao River.
He added that the two other contract packages for flood control structures along seven rivers complements the said project.
The agency is also closely coordinating with the local government of Cebu to relocate informal settlers living along the Kinalumsan River.
The structures belonging to informal settlers “on left and right bank of Kinalumsan River covered by another on-going contract package make it difficult for DPWH to fully implement the project,” Sadain explained.