Marcos proposes 10 flood control projects worth P500-B by 2037

MANILA, Philippines — President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has proposed the implementation of ten flood control projects from 2024 to 2037.

In the President’s Report to the People released Tuesday, Marcos said these ten projects would cost over P500 billion. These are:

• Integrated Flood Resilience and Adaptation (InFRA) Project 2
• Central Luzon-Pampanga River Floodway Project
• Parañaque Spillway/Tunnel Project
• Ambal-Simuay River and Rio Grande de Mindanao River Flood Control and Riverbank Protection
• Davao City Flood Control and Drainage Project
• Integrated Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation Measures in the LowLying Areas of Pampanga Bay, Stage II
• InFRA 3 Project (Aklan, Allah, and Ilog-Hilabangan)
• InFRA 4 Project (Agno, Cadac-an, and Mag-asawang Tubig)
• Flood Control Projects for Pampanga and Bicol River Basins-Package I
• Flood Control Projects for Panay and Agusan River Basins-Package II

READ: Marcos vows to fix flood control system as La Niña looms

Last May, Marcos promised to fix the country’s flood control system amid the threat of La Niña.

“But of course, in the long-term, ang talagang solusyon diyan is ‘yung flood control. Aayusin natin ‘yung flood control. Gagawin natin irrigation. Magiipon tayo ng tubig para kapag naabutan tayo ng tagtuyo, kagaya ngayon, ay meron tayo pagkukuhaan ng tubig,” Marcos said.

(But of course, in the long term, the real solution to that is flood control. We will fix the flood control. We will do irrigation. We will save water so that when we are hit by drought, like now, we will have a water source.)

READ: Marcos: Cagayan River flood control project to protect 60,000 residents

In his 3rd State of the Nation Address, the President underscored the need for flood control projects and mentioned the flood risk management project in the Cagayan River as one of the government’s solutions to the lasting effects of La Niña.

He noted that more than 5,500 flood projects have already been completed in his administration. — Felice Nafarrete, INQUIRER.net intern