SP oks P90-M for site development
NEW DAGUPAN CITY HALL
THE Dagupan City government allocated P90 million from the city’s Annual Investment Plan (AIP) for calendar year 2017-2019 for the site development of the proposed new city hall to be built on a 1.2-hectare donated land in Barangay Pantal.
Councilor Jeslito Seen, chairman on the committee on appropriations, sponsored the measure during the regular session of the Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) last week.
He said the P90 million, sourced from the P333 million set aside for projects in the AIP, will be used solely to backfill the donated the 1.2 hectare fishpond converted from agricultural to non-agricultural land.
The city council, by a vote of 9 affirmative, one abstention and one negative vote earlier endorsed the transfer of the Dagupan City hall from A.B. Fernandez Avenue to the Pantal-Lucao area in Dagupan.
Seen clarified that the construction cost of the new city hall will be sourced through a bank loan and expressed hope that the site development will be started early next year and completed in six months.
In one of the barangay consultations conducted by the city council sometime in July this year, City Treasurer Romelita Alcantara affirmed the capability of Dagupan to secure and pay a P500- P600 million for the construction of the new city hall. (Leonardo Micua)
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