BACOLOD City – The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) turned over yesterday to the city government a P36-million Regional Evacuation Center (REC) in Barangay Vista Alegre.
DPWH Region 6 director Lea Delfinado led the turnover. Mayor Evelio Leonardia received the symbolic key.
The evacuation center is the fifth in Negros Occidental, said Delfinado. The others are in San Enrique town and in the cities of Sagay, Bago and Kabankalan.
The budget for the construction came from the national government, said Cong. Greg Gasataya.
The RECs have the same design. They are made up of eight buildings with beds, separate male and female toilets and bath, generator rooms, pump rooms, laundry areas, materials recovery facilities, offices, and infirmaries.
Delfinado said the RECs would serve as temporary shelters of those displaced by calamities such as volcanic eruption, flooding, landslide, storm, etc.
The evacuation center here sits on a 3,000-square meter lot owned by the city government./PN
