DPWH projects to ease flooding in city
THE Department of Public Works and Highways said the drainage system and slope protection projects of the government, once completed, will help ease the perennial flood problem in Dagupan City.
Bernard Caronongan, information officer of DPWH’s Second Engineering District which covers Dagupan City, said three drainage and slope/bank protection projects are underway in four flood-prone barangays of the city.
“The flood control projects are located in Barangays Bacayao Norte, Pogo-Lasip (Pogo Grande and Lasip Grande) and Malued which are now 30 percent complete, are set to be completed in December 2016,” Caronongan told the KBP Forum on Thursday.
Dagupan City, which is below the sea level, has been experiencing flooding even without a tropical storm. Monsoon rains triggered by high tide has caused knee-deep flooding in low-lying barangays for the past few weeks. (VHS/PIA-Pangasinan)
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