In
his State of the Nation Address last July 28, President Benigno S. Aquino III expressed his excitement about the government major projects. One of their
plans is to build Laguna Lakeshore Expressway Dike that will connect from the
coastal area of Laguna de Bay to Taguig. This project has an estimated cost of
36.7 billion pesos. The government made an alliance with the Public Private Partnership
(PPP) for the dike construction.
What
a brilliant idea! There’s an expressway on the top of the dike. At first, it
seems that it is good to hear this kind of program. But since 2012 we already
heard about this promise from the President and until now nothing has been started.
What happened? Does the president is
lack of political will or this is just an image beautification? He said that
this is not easy to do it because it needs a long time of preparation. Then,
the construction of that dike will may start in 2015 and it would end in 2021. Wow,
what a long period of time they need before they finish that said project!
The President believed that the huge dike is a
long term solution to control the flooding in Laguna and to some part of Metro
Manila. Why they don’t solve first the flooding problem in Metro Manila before
they make such a big project? I’m not saying that they should forget the
flooding in Laguna. But do we really need to build a huge dike or what we need
is just dredging around the Laguna lake shore? By doing this, they can lessen
their expenses and they could use it for other important projects. How about
the affected fishermen of Laguna de Bay or the residence of that area, what’s
their plan for them? Where they do relocate them and there’s a livelihood
waiting for them? Do they want to sacrifice thousands of people to pave the way
for this ambitious project?
My issue is what will happen to those that will be displaced by the dike. Did they make consultations about this project?
ReplyDeleteFor sure, they have a feasibility study of the project and the metro flooding too. But in tthis case, they wanted to start I think 2015, to eliminate the problem. But since it's a long term solution, as they say, they should consult more experts for this operations. Or, it'll pass to the next President?
ReplyDeleteYes. Relocation will definitely be done.
ReplyDeleteProject this big will need more time and brainstorming to make it happen. Does Pnoy have THAT time for the project to even start? Let's see about that..
ReplyDeleteWow I think that is too much to call this project as ambitious. This project should be implemented. Lives of people in the said area are at stake. This should be acted immediately or else everyone will be sorry later.
ReplyDeleteI think, that is the reason why this project hasn't started yet. They need to plan more.
ReplyDeleteWhat a big idea, sa idea lang but in reality, THIS DIKE WILL NOT SOLVE FLOODING.
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