The “dams” in the city
Jeremias Andrade Carrera
4 June 2010
Think About It:
The non-stop land filing along JDV Extension Highway was obviously something not discussed, omitted or not analyzed in the approved Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) for the project or the Environmental Compliance Certificate.
I understand that cost factor is one reason for the selected final plan, but irretrievable commitment of resources, risks, and cumulative negative impacts should be properly weighed in the final plan selection.
Had the highway been elevated entirely except at the ends such that aside from allowing the floodwaters to freely flow, it would have prevented the impact of massive nonstop land filling because people would not build next to the highway if they do not have direct access to it.
I indicated in my previous post that the JDV Extension acts like a “DAM”, but now since those backfilling will naturally be elevated higher than the highway, then the “DAM” is being “reinforced and elevated”. That is good planning and design by the “smart engineers”.
Since some posters wonder how I graduated from high school and would not trust me as a professional engineer to design even a doll house, I only hope their effort to move the Philippines forward by strongly suggesting building nuclear power plants in Pangasinan instead of other energy sources is also a good planning like this JDV Highway (DISASTER) Extension.
I am glad that those in power did not follow our suggestion to name this disaster highway as “Ermin Garcia Sr. Highway.”
Mr. Ceralde, these series of “DAMS” (JDV EXTENSION DAM, Tapuac-Lucao DAM) are some of “smart solutions” by the smart engineers or maybe called “engineering by chance” that will make the Philippines go forward according to Doctor Extraordinaire.
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