Metro Manila $500-M flood control begins in January
- Joshua Jazz Lapitan
- Jan 10, 2018
- 1 min read
Partly funded by the China-led Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB), this flood project will start this month focusing in Metro Manila.
In the statement of the Department of Finance (DOF), government will begin the project and will be jointly implemented by the Department of Public Works and Highways and the Metro Manila Development Authority.
Last September, the AIIB approved their respective loans of $207.6 million each and the remaining $84.7 million will come from the government.
Flood control project will be supported by the National Housing Authority (NHA) and local government units in the area.
According to the AIIB, "this project will focus on about 56 potentially critical drainage areas with land area of about 11,000 hectares or over 17 percent of the total area of Metro Manila."
This project specifically targets to modernize 36 existing pumping stations on top of building 20 new ones; minimize solid waste dumped in waterways and provide housing to resettle affected individuals and communities.
It was aimed for completion in 2024.