MMDA, Manila LGU to build 3 rainwater impounding facilities

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The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) and the Manila City government will build three rainwater impounding facilities as part of efforts to mitigate flooding.

These projects will be located at Remedios Circle, Rajah Sulayman Park, and the Vito Cruz ASEAN Garden area within the Cultural Center of the Philippines (CCP) complex.

MMDA chairperson Romando Artes and Manila Mayor Isko Moreno signed a memorandum of agreement for the projects.

The initiatives are part of the broader Metro Manila "Sponge City Program."

The proposed rainwater impounding facilities at Remedios Circle will have an estimated storage capacity of 10,000 cubic meters and will serve a catchment area of around 94 hectares.

At Rajah Sulayman Park, the facility is expected to have a storage capacity of around 8,000 cubic meters and will also serve a catchment area of around 94 hectares.

Meanwhile, the Vito Cruz ASEAN Garden facility will serve a catchment area of about 60 hectares and will have a proposed storage capacity of around 9,600 cubic meters.

The projects are part of a P4-billion fund approved for rainwater catchment facilities.

Artes said, “Ang marching orders po sa amin ng ating Pangulo Bongbong Marcos ay tapusin po ito bago pumasok yung tag-ulan next year. So kami po internally ang sineset po naming target ay by June 30.”

(The marching order to us from our President Bongbong Marcos is to finish this before the rainy season starts next year. So internally, we have set a target by June 30.)

For his part, Moreno said, “It may not guarantee yet there's a full solution to the flooding problem because the flooding problem is not only in Metro Manila, it's happening everywhere, but definitely it will cushion. And hoping that it's enough for us to suppress the volume of water underneath our roads.”

A total of 39 potential sites have been identified across Metro Manila for similar projects, with implementation expected to start next year using funding from the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB). —VAL, GMA News