Owners of unsightly cottages and sheds at Tondaligan Park that were blown away by storm surge last month will have to wait a little longer before they can rebuild their structures.

Mayor Alipio Fernandez Jr. has directed that new sheds should conform with prescribed design and specifications to create a landscape that is more balanced and with architectural symmetry.

Moreover, he issued a reminder to all shed owners that henceforth all regulations will be strictly enforced.

Fernandez issued the order at a time before owners of sheds and cottages destroyed by giant waves of the Lingayen could start to rebuild their structures and resume their business operations.

City officials led by City Administrator Alvin Fernandez are in the process of finalizing the design and guidelines for the new sheds about to be restored consistent with the Redevelopment plan of Tondaligan Park.

Fernandez emphasized that the new sheds must not be used as sleeping quarters at night and most importantly, the sheds must not obstruct to the open view of the sea.

“We will not displace the legitimate stallholders because that is their livelihood. But the regulatory requirements must be observed always,” he said.

He initially ordered that the new sheds be set back a few meters to protect these from a possible recurrence of another storm surge. Most of the sheds and cottages destroyed by the recent storm surge were situated 5 meters away from the water.

Fernandez had already ordered the city engineering office to conduct a study on the hydrological behavior of the water of the Lingayen Gulf in relation to the occurrence of deadly storm surges.

The study is urgently needed because before the occurrence of the storm surges, concrete sea walls built along the beach were noticeably crushed and washed out. —LM

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