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The
DPWH-SFDEO Inspectorate Team conducts a final inspection of
the flood control structures along Binaliw River, Brgy.
Binaliw, Calbayog City. |
DPWH constructs
P20-M worth of flood control structures in Samar
By
MAE ANGELICA R. COMOTA
June 28, 2018
CALBAYOG CITY – The
Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) -Samar First District
Engineering Office (SFDEO) completes two flood control projects in
Brgy. Binaliw, Calbayog City and Brgy. Cautod, Sta. Margarita.
The Binaliw flood control
project covers the construction of 96 meters of reinforced concrete
river protection works on steel sheet piles foundation while the
project in Brgy. Cautod covers the construction of 294 meter of
flood mitigating structures.
Each have an appropriation
of P10 million sourced out from the 2018 General Appropriations Act
(GAA) Fund.
“I’d like to extend my
warmest thanks to DPWH Calbayog for completing this flood control
project. With the rainy season coming up, we no longer have to worry
about the river overflowing. I am sure that my property and
livestock will be safe during the typhoon season,” said Mr. Ricky
Calendatas, a chicken farmer living along Binaliw River.
