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ILOILO City – Residents near the rivers in Pontevedra and Pan-ay in the province of Capiz are now less worried of overflowing water during the rainy seasons after the completion of two significant river controls in said towns.
The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Capiz First District Engineering Office (DEO) has completed the construction of Pontevedra River Control in Pontevedra town, which is upstream of Agbalo Bridge, and the Tico River Control (downstream) in Pan-ay town.
The construction of Pontevedra River Control involved a contract amount of P18.799 Million, and resulted in the construction of 228.80 lineal meters of concrete revetment wall resting on steel sheet piles along the Pontevedra River.
Likewise, the construction of P18.718 Million Tico River Control involves the construction of a 132.40 lineal meters concrete revetment wall that rest on steel sheet piles along Pontevedra River, and is connected to the main 152 km. Panay River.
The river control systems are expected to mitigate the perennial flooding problems in the towns of Pontevedra and Pan-ay, which are considered as the catch basins of Panay Island.
According to District Engineer Sanny Boy O. Oropel, the projects made an impact on the local inhabitants, who experiences floods during rainy days, damaging their properties and livelihood.
“With these flood control structures, they can sleep soundly at night even if it’s raining, and not worried of volume of the water from the river that may reach their houses,” Oropel said.
Assistant District Engineer Ethel B. Morales also said that the roads in these areas are usually impassable during rainy days because the water overflows to the roads, making it hard for motorists to pass.
Project Engineer Julius Abela added that massive flooding in said areas may no longer happen again after the construction of these flood control structures.
Meantime, DPWH, the Capiz 1st DEO is supervising the on-going improvement of the Iloilo East Coast-Capiz Road Pan-ay section, and said that the area was also flood-prone, posing a danger to motorists, since the road completely submerges whenever water levels overflow from the local rice fields.
To address the problem, the DPWH is constructing an elevated road that will not be submerged in water during rainy days. PN
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