ANTI-FLOODING MEASURE

A MODERN technology in slope protection is now being introduced on a flood control project initiated by Fourth District Rep. Christopher de Venecia in Barangay Tambac, Dagupan City.

Now 40 percent complete is Phase 1 of the construction of slope protection of the Tambac River that uses the new steel piling drive technology in place of the old Gabion type of slope protection that usually does not last long.

The new technology in slope protection was adopted as a policy by the Department of Public Works and Highways on order of Public Works and Highways Secretary Mark Villar, said Cong. De Venecia.

Being undertaken by R.A. Matias Construction and Development Corporation under the supervision of the Second Highway District Engineering Office headed by District Engineer Edita Manuel, the project started June 3, 2019 and is due for completion on Feb. 5, 2020.

Incidentally, it is the construction of steel piling enclosures that was recommended by the Flood Mitigation Commission to be built in Dagupan to prevent flooding. (R.A. Matias Construction is headed by Engr. Robert Matias, who is a member of Dagupan FMC).  

Matias confirmed that pile driving costs more but it’s more effective than the ordinary type of slope protection methods. 

Under this technology, steel plates are lined up and driven to the ground to prevent the water in the river from overflowing. 

De Venecia told newsmen that the project will not be completed if the few remaining informal setters along the northern bank of the Tambac River will not move out and give way.

He appealed to the Dagupan government to find a relocation site for them. (Leonardo Micua)

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