Dizon submits list of Cebu flood projects to ICI

Government spending on flood-control projects in Cebu reached more than P50 billion over the past decade, according to Public Works Secretary Vince Dizon.

- By RAINIER ALLAN RONDA

“More than P50 billion has been put into flood-control projects here,” Dizon said in Filipino in an interview over dzBB yesterday morning, clarifying reports that P26.7 billion was spent for flood control in Cebu.

Dizon said the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) has submitted to the Independent Commission for Infrastructure (ICI) a full list of Cebu flood-control projects.

“We will let the ICI investigate that. Whatever information they need about these projects, we will provide it to them,” he said, adding the DPWH was focusing on moving on from the killer flash floods that struck especially Cebu City during the onslaught of Typhoon Tino.

He said the flooding from Tino was evidence of poor planning and limited and ill-advised dike and revetment construction projects done in previous years, which failed to control runoff into Cebu's rivers.

"Definitely, there were deficiencies, because planning was lacking," Dizon said.