Kids are seen taking part in in floodwaters attributable to heavy rain in Barangay Tipolo, Mandaue Metropolis, Cebu at round 10:20 a.m. on Wednesday, June 19. | through Emmariel Ares
MANDAUE CITY, Philippines — The Mandaue Metropolis Engineering Workplace (CEO) will likely be putting in one other culvert below a bridge connecting to Tipolo Creek.
On Wednesday morning, June 19, just a few areas of Mandaue skilled below-the-knee flooding alongside Lopez Jaena St. in Barangay Tipolo and at Mayor A.S. Fortuna Memorial Elementary College in Barangay Guizo due to heavy rain.
Fortuitously, the floodwaters subsided inside simply over an hour.
It is a little bit sooner in comparison with earlier than. The water degree can also be decrease than earlier than, which might attain waist degree.
CEO Upkeep Division Head Engr. Louie Rey Biton believes that that is the results of their steady declogging and desilting operations.
Biton mentioned that they nonetheless want to put in a culvert in a small bridge positioned in a personal lot close to Lopez Jaena St. in Barangay Tipolo. The floodwater from the manholes passes by the culvert.
Presently, the bridge solely has one culvert, and the floodwater can’t easily stream throughout the Tipolo Creek.
The Mandaue Metropolis Engineering Workplace will set up one other culvert below this bridge to reduce flooding within the Tipolo space throughout heavy rains. /Picture: Mary Rose Sagarino
“Ma-imbudo man gud didto ang tubig. Tan-awon ninyo ganina bale taga liog na sa creek ang tubig samot pa gyud didto (bridge). Murag ma-funnel ba, kinahanglan nato i-improve ang agianan,” mentioned Biton.
Biton mentioned that they’ll begin the set up on Wednesday, June 19, and it’s anticipated to be accomplished inside two weeks.
He additionally thanked the proprietor of the lot who permitted them and even supplied the brand new culvert.
Final month, town engineering workplace, together with the Division of Public Works and Highways, additionally declogged, desilted, and tracked down the manholes close to the outfall of Tipolo Creek positioned contained in the non-public lot.
Mandaue’s Activity Drive APAS (Atoang Problema, Atoang Sulbad) has been actively clearing waterways in preparation for the wet season.
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