After years of construction, the 4.75km Jaro Floodway has finally served its purpose of minimizing the flooding problem of Iloilo City. As seen from the photos during our “inspection” of the actual site, we can see how effective the Jaro Floodway has been to divert flood waters from the Jaro River during the rainy season in Iloilo City. The flooding problem in Jaro and La Paz districts of Iloilo City and Pavia town used to be a major perennial problem among residents and business owners but now, residents have noticed a significant decrease of flooding incidents in the area. The uplifting development is seen to open vast, once flood prone areas in Jaro District and Pavia to additional developments especially with the construction of the Metro Iloilo Circumferential Road, a section of which will pass beside the Jaro Floodway.
View of the Jaro Floodway in action at Brgy. Buhang, Jaro District
Jaro Floodway facing Pavia town
Buhang Bridge
Facing Towards the section of the Jaro Floodway in La Paz
Jaro Floodway water level markers
Jaro Floodway Video
The Jaro Floodway works by diverting flood waters from where the Tigum and Aganan Rivers meet before they get discharged into the narrow Jaro River. The Jaro Floodway provides a direct channel for flood waters to be discharged directly to the Iloilo Strait. It is important to note that the Jaro Floodway is not intended to totally eliminate the flooding problem of Iloilo City, especially in the City Proper area, since there are still other factors that contribute to the problem such as the city’s poor drainage system and low (below sea level) elevation. The Jaro Floodway is one of the components of the Iloilo Flood Control Project.
@oiloil lets bash kagaw in other blogs! hahaha
After reading most of teh articles and those comments in those articles I think I can say something. This person Vic seems to be disrupting normal conversation on this website. I think he is just seeking attention so please do not feed for the trolls. What an awful person! Anyways lets us just help in forget of him. Take care my fellow Ilonggos!
There are other 50 sites i visit. stalk me there also.
when I ignore people I shut my big mouth up
and kept silent.Ignoring means to yell? HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Guys just ignore Vic. He is our village idiot here. He likes to express his complains/”criticisms” about everything in this site. Just ignore the crazy person and he’ll stop spamming.
@Posting as Vic for the sixth time
Amo gid man na siya diri.
Let the idiot have his candy, Vic spends his time in this website complaining. Just ignore him.
Latest News : City government will upgrade drainage
end of story
This website is turning to mush. I read the comments and have to agree. Vic, most of the time all you do is argue with others and your responses are indeed always infantile. You need to improve your grammar pare! Tiege caught the similarities right on. Calma ka naman sana Vic, ginagawang mong flame wars tong website nang ibang tao.
You make us Ilonggos look stupid here. I apologize for anyone offended by Vic’s comments. Not all Ilonggos are like that, infact we are a friendly and open-minded people and not prone to squabbling like hens.
@mark
It helps especially in the Jaro/northern areas.
@rhey
Kickbacks! more fun in the Phils!
@ark
I have not heard of that issue but it does not seem like a big deal. The flow of water seems consistent but the problem is there are parts of the city where the drainage system is still clogged up with garbage or the pipes are too small.
I have also seen drainage cleaners from time to time. They use pressurized hose and long hooks to clean the clogged drainage. The city is at least improving little by little.
You have a gift you tounge…biting one
Amen… ok next sermon please
Vic,
It’s clear that your schizophrenia is getting the better of you. The time intervals of the three posts above are just about 2 minutes each. No one has ever agreed with you and I doubt you have legions of fans waiting to reply on your posts. Your responses are childish and something a person without proper manners would post.
This is the last time I’ll ask you this Vic. Please stop acting like a spoiled infant and refrain from posting worthless comments. Learn to write like an adult and practice what you preach, civility and politeness. You are the one that’s always angry here and ready to bash anyone who disagrees with you. I hope you find something constructive to do with your time. Please grow up.
You have posted using different aliases and even reply to your own posts, this is not something a person with a healthy mind would do.
May you gain proper manners and conduct and refrain from being petty and ignorant.
Sakto gd Barangay hahahaha daw monologue ba hahahaha
Sinu di ga hari harian?? I pa barangay ina sia hahaha… When people are not happy of their life , they are nosey of others affairs and cant make their own… such an epic failure
I dont take orders from twerps
On the other hand , I order twerps to keep on bad mouthing
Now , shoot
Vic please make your own blog if you don’t like it here instead of sensationalizing your posts and bashing everyone else’s opinion. Your crab mentality, negativity, impoliteness and fraudulence is not at all welcome by most people here.
Please feel free to make a departure and bother the other travels blogs regarding your ideas of grandeur and naive outlook of society.
You bad mouth , just keep on badmouthing . That is you.
Let your guilt follows you anywhere you go.
@Sipsip
Vic, please go bother the other 10 blog sites then instead of polluting this place.
Vic is on 10 or more blogsites too
Stop the being a preacher
Vic I have to ask you to stop spamming the comments section. You preach civility and politeness yet never practice what you preach. Stop acting like an infant and pretending to be multiple persons. It is very obvious that you have been doing this for a very long time on this site.
I hope you grow up and stop spamming poor Marcus’ blog.
May the fool in you grow some intellect and emotional maturity.
Helo Takuptakup who is Vic? is it Polls or Tumpakpalaka
Or DAKOPDAKOP? hahahaha
@Takuptakup
So is posting three times in a row praising yourself. Hi Vic! Defending your multiple online personalities again?
Deep Seated hate are cyber stalkers
WOuld someone get a life?
@Vic
DAKOP KA!
You are a fraud and are praising yourself using different aliases in the comments!
HAHA!
PATHETIC!
Keep posting distractions so others don’t see you for what you really are!
@Teige
Good work spotting the similarities.
Please read this — Foreigner Accounts of Ilongo Pride , Reserve Nature and Ilongo Composure.2005-2010. He also mentioned very few tourist in Iloilo.so he must fell in love with Iloilo saying ” They seem serious, proud, industrious, honest, and pious compared the more fun-loving Cebuanos or Tagalogs. Beyond the reserve, I find Ilonggos to be honest, kind, and courteous but don’t expect them to fawn(thrilled )over you because you’re a foreigner.”
http://www.pbase.com/hammerslag/image/77047464
@Vic
congrats on the vacation but this isn’t your facebook account. Status updates are posted over here http://www.facebook.com. What is your problem? You always stir things in here and always fight about something. I am believing that person saying you are posting as someone else. This site is nice and helpful to others so please either contribute or just leave your wasteful comments elsewhere.
Boracay Vacation- Confirmed :)
Vic is actually talking to himself now. He is replying to his own posts with his aliases. You could have at least try to improve your grammar pretending as a different poster.
@Social-Reject
@FB-Block-Jack
@DJ-retards-aging
All of these have the same pattern. Vic you are hilariously a strange person. Same grammar, same writing pattern and all three posts have misspellings in them. Classic Vic post.
Notice also that these posters all the similarities for these posters.
-they all use three periods “…”
-when they all use a comma there is a space before and after the comma ” space , space”
-Notice also the the separation for each name has a hyphen “-” or “name-name-name”
This is indicative that the same person masquerading as those three persons is also Vic. WOW! You got caught big time! HAHA
@Social-Reject ,obviously. LOL
@vic , the lion must have been sleeping tonight and lets lie in wait , he will run amok on the channel again and seems he enjoy all these much…
hihihi , him/them et al ravenous wolves indeed…All I can say is his talk is cheap and cant move on…His approach is very common among the unhappy , deep end people…
@vic , keep rolling the slides on, your detractors? thats how unhappy people do.
@DJ-retards-aging , two thumbs up for Vic two , he seems invincible with all these decietful haters.
@Vic , I agree , some here are havinng fun mocking are/is obviously the less or non- knowledgable, they are just. everybody making a noise…!…keep rolling on…
@mark
Yes sir it does help especially for the people near jaro and flood prone areas with proper drainage. You can actually see the huge volume of water passing through and towards the ocean/sea.
@ark
Heard that too but not from the radio. I have a friend who is a civil engineer and had worked with the design team although his people remain ucredited (but got paid).
@Since-Elementary
@Few-Laser-does’nt-mean-no-Laser-0r-many-laser
@Vic
Are you same person posting these things? What laser system is the dam using and why would it need laser systems?
Are you people even posting in the right page?
Mumble Fumble comments! sigh!
Wow, please just stop derailing the comments section Vic.
You are spamming and posting unrelated things. Please maintain cordiality. This is non-nonsensical. Lasers and flood drainage?
Again, please stop spamming.
Few-Laser-does’nt-mean-no-Laser-0r-many-laser,Laser cost around 13,000 , so the god with thousand name needs to save more. Calzada was closed yet it has adequate laser lights and with built in pole. Other places like flow is smaller than calzada and has no action. many discoteque were fell into bancruptsy. They just come and go like partygoers. Recently to close is Pirates. If festive street will be opened next few years , it will draw more crowd leaving smallville to lose some of its regs.
Oh Guys one question I forgot. Is it true that the flood ways was supposed to have choke-points in certain areas so that the pressure of water would increase and push it out to sea at a much faster rate?
I heard this online over Bombo. They said this feature wasn’t implemented in the Floodway. Just curious.
Good to see they have planned something to regulate the flooding. Last time I visited the city there was still flooding in certain areas in the downtown district, would be nice if they fixed the drainage also.
@Vic
Who are you arguing with this time? Seems like every time I visit this site you are always clashing words with someone. I thought that was on another post or issue? Please stop spamming the board. You are just loony with your posts sometimes.
@Darth_malate aka horse with no name , few laser lights is accurate ,.during your hang out 1 in 7 days , you seen one laser and you say ” wow, theres laser all lover.”
save money during your once in every 7 days party , save 5, 000 and then buy laser lights and hang it in Ice Flow or Aura and I will change ” few” into ” Psychedelic” hahahaha.
@Darth_malate, youre projecting a lot of hate and desperation obviously. if you hate yourself , find other ways to vent not here.
@Darth_malate , you are bothered. I am here for service. so you know the fare from elementary? so people of gensan know the route still from elementary? rates changes everytime. distance of Tagbak to Catiklan from elementary? if this blogs bothers you a lot , you have 2 choice 1. leave and never to return here 2. or keep yourself bothered here,
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Vic posting irrelevant things once more. Making up for his biased posts. See how many people tend to disagree with you? Mahirap ka kasi pakiusapan.
Hay Vic! This is not your personal blog. Most of the things you are posting are very obvious to everyone. Stop being condescending and just make your own website instead of lambasting everyone here and lecturing us about things we already know since elementary.
@100 Faces of Dr Lao… and still germinating.
Please see my facebook why I maintain… ” few laser system.” I have carefully single out the ligting installation and its specifications.
@flip , at your service , I have a very beautiful 2nd edition of Night Life in Iloilo with added details of Villa Area and ktv bars scattered all throughout the city. I might go every corner and name them all…for you and all who wants it.
At the end of dike , nice place to sit down and relax , last time I visited , April 2 , 2012.based on eyewitness account.LOL
the jaro floodway really did help prevent floods… but come to look at it, is it really finished? I don’t think it is. Kung magsigi-sigi ulan kag kusog ang current, kaunon gid na sng tubig ang mga wala natapos simento nga kilid sng floodway. From which I’m sure will cause so many problems later on…
It does help. The area near CPU and Tabuc Suba Jaro are aren’t as prone to flooding as before. It’s probably one of the only useful projects ever made in the city.
I’m not sure on this but I believe it’s already done or at least almost done. We go biking near the canals and it’s a beautiful sight.
leaders before, today and to come is the same….to gain for personal advantage…nothing have change… no matter how… people end up to be caught up . and they cant help it…
puro KICKBACK ang nasa isip ng leaders natin kaya bahain ang iloilo.
true Calos
damo gabara abi sa kalog. amo na baha pirme bisan sa jaro plaza. ang problema pa gid sa drainage naton dire, once nga high-tide, ang seawater gaagi sa drainage kag magbaha dayon. daw below sea level man guro ang iloilo. i dont know. pakiconfirm lang be. hehe
indi below sea level management lang na sang drainage system kulang dapat may master plan kay ang sa jaro plaza tama ka sala iya outfall amo na nga naging catchment ang ina nga area
Today i seen rushing big volume of water in Buhang Brigde , and theres no flooding anymore in Lopez Jaena Street…
Sana maimprove din ang mga floodways sa Manila para di na maulit ang nangyari nung sa bagyong Ondoy. Nice pics by the way.
Addendum—- Cubay Area is roughly 1000 meters apocalyptic post-earthquake road-ruins leading up to lowest part of hell-bitoon area with swampy muddy roads and sinkholes
@randomguy,,, Iloilo City have still worst roads , Cuartero Area is still bumpy and with biggest cracks that is very messy in small rains , Jalandoni Street Iloilo City is rocky road , Tanza Area unpaved , Baldoza Lapaz worst , in Front of Lapaz Church like a graveyard up to CitiBuilders, Mandurriao Church with cracks, pits ,swollen or fractured too , Jalandoni Jaro front of SM is bulky and hell , up to Del Carmen and San Jose Road like chocolate cubes , DB Ledesma leads to pulverized roads , and Magsaysay to Wesbridge , road to Lapuz is accursed with bumps and deep holes , Rizal Street in Lapaz is mini-hilly mound of dust , decaying asphalt and pulverized concrete , road to CPU in Cuartero is like old Graveyard road,
Even better now that the government is in the process of repairing a wide stretch of road in Lapuz and Lapaz as well as a small portion in Jaro.
this is fantastic news!
@ryan.. yes… baha is still the major problem everywhere in Iloilo…Alta Tiera… a little of rain … you’ll expect Noah’s Flood … Tanza Area… Robinson Area.. Jaro Plaza… here there and everywhere…
At least nabuhinan na gawa ang problema da sa pagbaha. I think sa city proper gabaha man sa gihapon siguro kay bal an daw wala na makita sang Iloilo Enginers office anay nga mag amo gid ni kadaku ang syudad. Hoping nga diri sa diversion road daku na ang drainage system nila nga himu on.
mo na ya.. Iloilo …. may solution sa ano man nga problema…
Good report…uswag Iloilo!
Now, that’s good news! This post came on time as I was wondering how are those floodways measures up to the latest downpours. Thanks Marcos for this update.
mona ya iloilo baskog.
Nice job marc, now it’s nice to see something actually works.