BAYAMBANG – The provincial board will begin conducting a series of public hearings in this town this Friday, October 20 on the proposed sanitary landfill to be constructed in a 33-hectare lot in barangay Dusoc here.

Provincial board members decided to conduct the hearing in the town to find out the true sentiments of the residents having been apprised of the pros and the cons in the proposed ordinance authorizing its establishment.

On the same day, they are set to conduct an ocular inspection of the site being prepared by the proponents of the project, Waste Integrated Network System Inc. (WINS Inc.), chaired by lawyer Fernando Cojuangco.

Vice Gov. Oscar Lambino, presiding officer of the provincial board said the hearing and ocular inspection is imperative because of a position paper signed by a number of residents opposing the construction of the sanitary landfill.

 Mayor Leocadio de Vera Jr. said he welcomes the public hearing although he maintained that prescribed procedures had been properly observed before the Sangguniang Bayan approved the ordinance authorizing the construction of the landfill project.

The proposed sanitary landfill, the first in the Ilocos region and the second in the  country next to Puerto Princesa, Palawan will reportedly have the capacity to accommodate the wastes not only of Pangasinan but from other towns and cities in neighboring provinces as well. — EVA

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