REHAB OF CITY’S STREETS BEFORE FIESTA ASSURED
Rep. Rufus Rodriguez (PMP, 2nd Dist. Cagayan de Oro City), yesterday urged contractors of the concreting of Velez Street here to move faster in order to complete it before the city’s fiesta in August.Rodriguez made the statement after his office received complaints of the slow pace of cementing of the city’s major thoroughfares here.
“The contractors said that their work is hindered due to rains but I asked them to move a bit faster,” Rodriguez said.
Rodriguez however, said that the concreting of thje street fronting the Pelaez Sports Center has already started as well as portions of Dolores Streets. While the project’s timetable is to be completed on June 13, this has to be move due to rains. But, Rodriguez assured the public that the project would be finished before the city fiesta on August.
“We should not delay this project so that we could decongest the traffic,”
Rodriguez added.
The Road and Traffic Administration (RTA) had rerouted traffic in the area while concreting is going on. Earlier, Rodriguez asked the DPWH and the contractors to implement the project by phases to allow the motorists to still use the road while the work is going on.
The rehabilitation of Don Apolinar Velez has started three months ago. It is a premier national road inside the city. The project cost is estimated at 29 million.
Lito Rulona
Gingoog city hall has declared an all out war on illegal logging even as it threatened to slap environment officials with charges in connection with the illegal logging operations. Speaking before the provincial board on Monday, Gingoog City Mayor Ruthie Guingona confirmed the massive illegal logging operations in the woods of the Misamis Oriental component city and its neighboring areas. Guingona faced the province’s legislature which started an investigation into the logging operations after three trukloads of illegal logs were seized in Magsaysay, the last eastern town of Misamis Oriental after Gingoog City.” Guingona said.
Guingona said the Gingoog government was preparing charges against ranking environment officials in Northern Mindanao, including former Gingoog City Environment and Natural Resources Officer, Julito Fabre, for the proliferation and unabated logging operations in the Misamis Oriental City.
Officials said charges were also being prepared against one Roger Edman, alleged owner of the confiscated logs.
“Dili lang si Edma but also the other loggers who operated in the area.”
She said.
The Gingoog government she said would bring the matter to the attention of President Arroyo and Environment Secretary Lito Atienza. Guingona said illegal logging operations cost Gingoog City half of Mt. Lumot, a forest reservation in Barangay Lunotan.
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