The Iloilo Flood Control Project is running in full swing and it looks like the project might be finished on time based from the latest accomplishment reports and a general physical assessment of their construction sites.
Here are some updates on the Iloilo Flood Control Project:
Construction of the 4.75km Jaro Floodway, which will provide a channel from the floodplains of Pavia-Jaro to the Iloilo Strait.
Temporary detour road in McArthur Highway, Jaro, in front of Jaro Grand Estates. Future site of a new bridge crossing the Jaro Floodway
Construction of approaches of Carpenters Bridge in Brgy. Tabucan, Mandurriao
Construction of new road from Carpenters Bridge to Diversion Road passing by Riverside Boardwalk. The new road is also part of the proposed Iloilo Boulevard, which will stretch from Carpenters Bridge to Forbes Bridge in La Paz (near Gaisano).
The Iloilo Flood Control Project is a P4B project aimed at solving the perennial flooding problem in Iloilo City, it is due for completion in 2009. Click Here to learn more about the Iloilo Flood Control Project.
At last you made it chy. This is the kind of progress that I’m waiting for couple of years now. The before and after, what a big accomplishment. Thanks..
After reviewing the”iloiloguimarassummit.com”pictures, damu na naman salawayun nga mga kasimanwa ta. Wa-ay pa gani ma turn-over ang project ara na naman sila sagi pinasaway. May ara na ya nga gapunong-punong tapos may tanum na nga tangkung. May nag-obra na condo sa dalum sang taytay. Daw wa-ay guid ni animo ang mga tawo di, para na gani sa ila ka-ayuhan pero daw wa-ay man gyapon kabulusgan. Bisan tani mga Barangay Kapitan o Tanod man lang ang mabantay, O basi gahulat lang tupa. Basi no?
it’s not anymore surprising that some ilonggos have distorted mind and manifestly hard headed. Tan-awa lang ang side vendors sa syudad, kung wala gani pulis ara na naman sila naga humlad sang ila baligya sa alagyan, ang mga squatters kung makakita gani pwesto pasimple lang anay sa umpisa hasta nga maka amat-amat, and worse is, even some people at the top who implement laws are themselves violators and even connived in illegal activities for their own selves welfare….seems that our civil society is already deeply rooted with corruption from top to bottom. How can we eject these kind of people? That is one big hard question.
[re=57385]billy[/re]: Know what billy, amo ni nga klase sang problema ang daw mabudlay intindihon. We are not saying that we are againts with these people, but of what they are doing, which is illegal, right? What I really don’t understand is, nga-a padamo-on pa sila bag-o dakpon? Diri mo makita nga ang aton City Ordinance againts illegal sidewalk vendors, anti-squatting law and etc.. are somewhat, nigas cogon lang.
I think it is the hardest task for them to do. Paano nila dakpon kung sila katulad man sa gina dakop nila? di bala?
@chymera: Why are the bridges named Forbes and Carpenter? We should name these structures after Ilonggos or after endangered Panay-Island endemics such as the Panay cloudrunner, Writhe-billed Hornbill, etc. (like here in Miami, they have the Dolphin Expressway, Sawgrass Expressway). This would help in the awareness of our heritage (endemic species, local heroes). Anyway thank you for what you are doing in promoting our Iloilo. I’m a longtime reader and fan of yours.
[re=57873]romel[/re]: That would be interesting Romel :) But I have no idea who names these bridges or how carpenters and forbes got theirs.
[re=59861]Iloilo Projects and Contructions May 2008 Update | Explore Iloilo[/re]: chy….really dont know how will this project works kag kon san-o ini ang target completion date….kahapon (May 13th) grabe man gyapon baha sa Jaro…(particularly sa may Sambag & San Isidro area). daw dagat lang O!…
Thanks!
[re=60343]ray[/re]: the project would be completed on 2009, we still dont dont know if there will be no delay, then it would be put to work, then evaluated if there are problems. so dont expect that an on going project would solve the problem right away. even the technology from industrialized countries could also fail.
I just hope that the project will be completed at the exact time and date as stated. Bal-an mo naman kita nga mga pinoys “madrama” guid. But since the internet is worldwide, ang tanan nga mga Ilonggo living abroad ma tribukaho guid kon palpak naman. Thanks. : )
Apparently the flood control project is an enormous wastage of scarce financial resources and a vain hope for Ilonggos. We don’t need to build rivers where there are none while we encroach in the pathway of waterways, rivers and streams, filling it up with malls, buildings, subdivisions, night spots. When you go against nature,you are doomed. There will be more storms, typhoons, floods and deaths coming. You shall be the next casualty. Inom ka na beer. Sa langit wala beer. Sa impyerno wala beer. Gasolina gadaba daba.seriously, each and every Ilonggo should band together to reforest the Mountain Ranges of Panay which is our rooftop. When it rains the gutter drains to our surrounding cities. The land area of the Mountain Ranges is far wider than the land areas of the lowlands. With no forest cover to act as absorbent cotton to the torrents of rains, water seeks its own level at the lowlands in a violent gush of flash floods which we recently encountered. Spend the money on sustainable and intensive reforestation. No corruption please. Congressmen and Mayors and politicos, corrupt or non-corrupt alike can’t escape judgement day of Apo Madjaas. Repent or you will be doomed and tortured by Neptunic wrath. Each Panayanon should plant every year of his remaining life and nurture to surival an equivalent of 5,000 trees yearly. The time to start is NOW! Agad agad! Insigida. Ara dayun! Ga gal-um naman kalibutan. Baha gapaabut naman. Ambut sa imu kun balingag ka ya te mirisisimus maximus.
Palagas ko pa, daw ma ORMOC kita haw? That’s great! We will have more Americans and Foreign aid visiting us to give donations of rice water and pittance. Wow! We shall be famous! The world over.
We shall outdo ORMOC. More deaths and casualties without landslides pa yan ha!
Davao would be a good example to follow in many ways. Five years ago, Iloilo was a nicer place than Davao. Now, Davao has left Iloilo in its dust. Start by asking how they did it.
Indi ko nami-an diri, apang luyag ko magmanami ang aton banwa (bisan indi ako bisan Pilipino). Iloilonon dapat bugalon sa maayo, apang kon ka isa ang bugal labot sing malaw-ay. For example, there are people who are proud of their short temper, ukon kadlaw nila kon may reklamo ang mga dumulu-ong, like when they cover their ears because things are too loud or they are irritated with the inconsideration, kadlaw lamang sila daw cute ang ila annoyance. *Sigh* Hambal ko ini kay tu-od gid maluyag ko magmanami ang banwa tuhoy ang tanan, bisan foreigner ukon Ilonggo.
I agree with some comments here that a campaign to educate people about the biodiversity of Panay and help them feel proud of the right things would be a great start. Ilonggos are a very strong-willed people. They can never be forced to do anything, but if they could be made to see for themselves the beauty and benefit of doing things the RIGHT way and not destroying the future just for a quick profit, they might cooperate.
That’s my two cents. I’m a foreigner, and I love you guys. Don’t take it the wrong way, mga abyan. ;-)
Hello Jake you really have strong desire for the good of Ilongo … , most here are contented and very meek people as distinctive mark of our ethnicity … They should have done ” right things in a right way ” so as to give way to progress . Generally, Ilongos are so fond of foreigners yet Yet arrogance and pride made koreans displeasing to us…