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Editorial
Soft on contractors
Aug 13, 2010
THE CITY government of San Fernando is long in patience and high in tolerance level. Witness how it has endured the abuses heaped upon it by l public works contractors.
So is the city soft on contractors?
The city government’s flagship project Sagip-Ilog is way off its target date of completion, even as the other flood-mitigating projects in Pampanga are well at pace with their respective schedules.
Alarms have been raised over the inundation of the city with the rains coming well ahead of the Sagip-Ilog’s completion. In the face of such grave peril, only “strong” words – not even a severe warning – were all that erring contractor R.D. Policarpio got.
Just the other day, city flood czar Marni Castro cried Eureka! over his discovery of a major cause of flash floods in some sections of the city.
A concrete foundation of a traffic light post was constructed in the middle of a major waterway along MacArthur Highway in Barangay Dolores.
Sandbags and construction materials were dumped at the very drainage system of the Jose Abad Santos Avenue.
“This is all irresponsible engineering. How can you construct a foundation right in the middle of the canal? Even if they created this small diversion, the drainage has been permanently blocked. And with all the electrical installations there, it has become risky and dangerous for motorists and pedestrians.” So Castro howled.
A Gampik Construction Co. undertook the installation of traffic lights in the city. A Fedstar Construction Co did the JASA drainage system.
So what’s the city government of San Fernando, principally Mayor Oscar S. Rodriguez, going to do about this?
Lambaste the contractors before the television cameras? And then what?
These damned contractors should be treated with an iron fist not with velvet gloves.
So is the city soft on contractors?
The city government’s flagship project Sagip-Ilog is way off its target date of completion, even as the other flood-mitigating projects in Pampanga are well at pace with their respective schedules.
Alarms have been raised over the inundation of the city with the rains coming well ahead of the Sagip-Ilog’s completion. In the face of such grave peril, only “strong” words – not even a severe warning – were all that erring contractor R.D. Policarpio got.
Just the other day, city flood czar Marni Castro cried Eureka! over his discovery of a major cause of flash floods in some sections of the city.
A concrete foundation of a traffic light post was constructed in the middle of a major waterway along MacArthur Highway in Barangay Dolores.
Sandbags and construction materials were dumped at the very drainage system of the Jose Abad Santos Avenue.
“This is all irresponsible engineering. How can you construct a foundation right in the middle of the canal? Even if they created this small diversion, the drainage has been permanently blocked. And with all the electrical installations there, it has become risky and dangerous for motorists and pedestrians.” So Castro howled.
A Gampik Construction Co. undertook the installation of traffic lights in the city. A Fedstar Construction Co did the JASA drainage system.
So what’s the city government of San Fernando, principally Mayor Oscar S. Rodriguez, going to do about this?
Lambaste the contractors before the television cameras? And then what?
These damned contractors should be treated with an iron fist not with velvet gloves.
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