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.
Nice job marc, now it’s nice to see something actually works.
mona ya iloilo baskog.
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.
Good report…uswag Iloilo!
mo na ya.. Iloilo …. may solution sa ano man nga problema…
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.
@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…
this is fantastic news!
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.
@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,
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
Sana maimprove din ang mga floodways sa Manila para di na maulit ang nangyari nung sa bagyong Ondoy. Nice pics by the way.
Today i seen rushing big volume of water in Buhang Brigde , and theres no flooding anymore in Lopez Jaena Street…
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
true Calos
puro KICKBACK ang nasa isip ng leaders natin kaya bahain ang iloilo.
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…
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…