Mayor: Valenzuela may become catch basin of floodwaters, if... 07/25/2011

Mayor: Valenzuela may become catch basin of floodwaters, if...

07/25/2011
Valenzuela Mayor Sherwin Gatchalian has warned that the city and its neighboring Bulacan towns would only become a catch basin of floodwaters that will come from Caloocan, Navotas and Malabon unless a cancelled flood control project is reviewed and set for implementation.

Gatchalian, in an interview with Tribune, said the national government or specifically the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) should reconsider constructing the Valenzuela-Obando-Meycauayan (VOM) Flood Control Project.

“Without its implementation, the flood control efforts of the city will be useless and could only worsen the situation of the neighboring areas,” warned Gatchalian yesterday..... MORE

Source:  The Daily Tribune

URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/metro/20110725met4.html