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THE Cebu City Government’s executive department has requested the council to approve a budget of P96.94 million for El Niño preparedness and response during a special online session on Wednesday, March 27, 2024.However, the City Council deferred the budget’s approval, saying it needs further discussion.In the same session, the council placed 28 mountain barangays under state of calamity due to the adverse impact of the weather phenomenon El Niño.The council acknowledged the need to help 506 farmers tilling 115 hectares of lands in these villages.City City Agriculturist Joelito Baclayon said the barangays are Budlaan, Binaliw, Paril, Taptap, Pulangbato, Mabini, Malubog, Agsungot, Guba, Lusaran, Adlaon, Cambinocot, Pamutan, Sirao, Sapangdaku, Toong, Buhisan, Pung-ol Sibugay, Babag, Sudlon 1, Sudlon 2, Bonbon, Sinsin, Kalunasan, Buot, Tagbao, Busay and Tabunan.Soil cracksCity Councilor Joel Garganera, who sponsored the resolution during the special session, said based on the report of the City Agriculture Department, the Butuanon River upstream and Cotcot-Lusaran have experienced reduced stream flows due to less rainfall, and at least 50 percent of farms have shown presence of soil cracks due to lack of water.In a text message to SunStar Cebu, Baclayon clarified that El Niño affects 37 barangays in the city. However, mountain barangays are receiving greater focus due to their concentration of farms.Garganera said during the session that El Niño’s impact extends beyond the uplands, with barangays like Talamban, Lahug and Guadalupe, known for hog raising, also experiencing its effects.The approved resolution allows necessary expenditures for critical, urgent, and appropriate measures to mitigate the ill impacts of El Niño to be charged to the 2024 quick response fund of the Local Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Fund (LDRRMF).However, the CDRRMO cannot still use the fund as the City Council still has to approve its annual investment plan (AIP) for its LDRRMF.Proposed budgetGarganera, chairman of the committee on environment, presented CDRRMO’s AIP during the special session. The resolution approves the Annual Investment Plan (AIP) of the Local Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Fund.The AIP covers agriculture expenditures: P80 million (purchase of seeds, fertilizers and pesticides, supplies, tools and equipment, and conduct of information campaign); health expenditures: P10 million (purchase of vaccines, drugs, and medicine for waterborne diseases, heat-related illnesses, and other supplies); and water sanitation and hygiene expenses: P2.74 million (procurement of a reverse osmosis water filtration system).Included also in the AIP are the budget for disaster response operations: P3 million (purchase of demolition/breaching tools, supplies, materials, and personal protective equipment); and information technology solutions: P1.2 million (two-year subscription of low Earth orbit (LEO) satellite-based internet connectivity, and equipment). LEO offers solutions to deliver internet access to remote or underserved areas where traditional ground-based infrastructure like cables or cell towers may be impossible or impractical to build.Councilors raise concernsCouncilor Nestor Archival questioned the necessity of the allocation for agricultural expenditures, arguing that the primary issue stemming from El Niño is water scarcity.“If we are going to give seeds, fertilizers and pesticides, these will be wasted because in farming the basic need is water,” he said.Archival also asked Garganera if the budget for procuring farm supplies had already been used and distributed to the farmers.Garganera said the amount remains unused.Agreeing to Archival’s opinion, Councilor Phillip Zafra suggested to the City prioritize purchasing materials to help conserve water, such as hoses, barrels, pumps and water trucks.Councilor Noel Wenceslao asked representatives from the agriculture department and city disaster office to further explain the proposed budget.For her part, Councilor Jocelyn Pesquera questioned the allocation of only P2.7 million for the reverse osmosis filtration system, despite its importance for addressing water supply issues.Pesquera also questioned the need to buy demolition/breaching tools and subscribe to LEO in response to the El Niño phenomenon.The councilor also asked if the personal protective equipment (PPE) is similar to the PPEs used during the Covid-19 pandemic, noting that the City still has several stocks.Garganera said the PPE is not for any respiratory-related diseases, but intended for agriculture use.Pesquera suggested that the CDRRMO re-study its proposed budget.Garganera moved to defer the budget approval and called for an executive session, which was seconded by Pesquera. 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Philippines AMID what he calls as “countless blunders” reportedly plaguing the Cebu Bus Rapid Transit (CBRT) project, Cebu City Councilor James Anthony Cuenco has called for the suspension of scheduled civil works for CBRT packages 2 and 3.The councilor is against further road closures that would consequently worsen the traffic situation in the city indefinitely.Instead, Cuenco calls on the CBRT proponent to first resolve the pending issues hounding the construction of Package 1, and its proposed partial operation this year.“No matter how much we want to trust these projections and timelines, it is leading us to the inevitable conclusion that this project will not be finished as scheduled,” Cuenco said in a privilege speech he delivered during the regular City Council session on Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2024.Cuenco’s speech came a few weeks after representatives from the National Economic and Development Authority (Neda) and the Department of Transportation (DOTr) appeared before the council on Feb. 7, upon its request, to apprise the council of the development of the ongoing CBRT construction.The council is particularly concerned about the traffic situation of the city that has reportedly worsened due to delays in the CBRT project implementation.During the Feb. 7 executive session, Neda told the council that the project remains economically viable despite delays, while the DOTr bared new projected timelines.The DOTr said it aims to partially operate the CBRT once its Package 1 is completed by the second quarter of 2024.Norvin Imbong, DOTr deputy project manager for systems and stakeholders relations, in the same executive session, said they are now starting with the procurement of Package 2 and “have already started reaching out to more companies that will be participating in the bidding process, land acquisition, resettlement, and social management.”The CBRT Package 2 includes the south trunk – from the South Road Properties to Mambaling via N. Bacalso Ave. – while Package 3 refers to the BRT’s north trunk – from Capitol to Escario St., then to Gorordo Ave. to Arch. Reyes Ave. to Cebu IT Park.However, Cuenco, head of the city’s transportation committee, said the completion of the CBRT project would take a lot longer and become more expensive, unless “corrective” measures are done before proceeding with the civil works for the succeeding phases of the BRT construction.The councilor pointed out that it is impossible for the DOTr to actually partially operate CBRT Package 1 by 2024 because of several issues that still have to be addressed.Part of Package 1 of the CBRT is set for completion in July 2024; however, the DOTr has yet to provide information on their engagement with contractors for the CBRT’s operation and management which raises concerns on the lack clarity and transparency, said Cuenco.Cuenco revealed his staff also came across a letter-invitation from the Public-Private Partnership Center dated Dec. 27, 2023 for negotiated procurement for project preparation and transaction advisory services for the operation and maintenance of the CBRT project.“The addressee, Mr. Prabanant, is a partner at Deloitte Touche Tomatsu India LLP, located in Delhi. Did I not present before in my privilege speech, the pitfalls of the Delhi BRT project, which only lasted a little over a year, folded up and turned out to be a failure,” Cuenco asked.Cuenco said the City Government should have also received copies of all documentary exhibits regarding each modification of the CBRT project, particularly feasibility studies justifying the budget increase from P16 billion to nearly P29 billion. CBRT Package 1 covers 2.38 kilometers from Cebu South Bus Terminal on N. Bacalso Ave. to the front of the Cebu Provincial Capitol Building on Osmeña Blvd.The CBRT is a National Government project. Majority of the construction work affects Cebu City and its residents. Other issuesCuenco pointed out that the DOTr aims to partially operate the project this year, when it has yet to finalize institutional arrangements and the mode of operation (whether public-private partnership or government) of the buses on the BRT route, as these are still subject to an ongoing feasibility study as of February.He also raised concerns on the challenges to acquire the lots needed for the succeeding CBRT packages. While the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) is doing the acquisition of the lots affected along the national road, he said private lot owners are withholding the sale of their properties pending the City Government’s finalization of its plan to update its real property tax ordinance, which would consequently raise the prices of the owners’ lots and properties.Cuenco suggested allowing the proponent to finish constructing the CBRT Package 1, then observing and studying its partial operations to help determine if the CBRT really works.“In the meantime, let’s urge the BRT (proponent) to take a pause and suspend any further civil works of the package 2 and 3 until all the pending issues shall have been resolved to spare the public with having to bear further traffic nightmares,” Cuenco said in a mix of Cebuano and English.Cuenco then urged the executive department to “immediately commence” the construction and opening of alternative roads while waiting for the completion of the CBRT.

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AMID what he calls as “countless blunders” reportedly plaguing the Cebu Bus Rapid Transit (CBRT) project, Cebu City Councilor James Anthony Cuenco has called for the suspension of scheduled civil works for CBRT packages 2 and 3.The councilor is against further road closures that would consequently worsen the traffic situation in the city indefinitely.Instead, Cuenco calls on the CBRT proponent to first resolve the pending issues hounding the construction of Package 1, and its proposed partial operation this year.“No matter how much we want to trust these projections and timelines, it is leading us to the inevitable conclusion that this project will not be finished as scheduled,” Cuenco said in a privilege speech he delivered during the regular City Council session on Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2024.Cuenco’s speech came a few weeks after representatives from the National Economic and Development Authority (Neda) and the Department of Transportation (DOTr) appeared before the council on Feb. 7, upon its request, to apprise the council of the development of the ongoing CBRT construction.The council is particularly concerned about the traffic situation of the city that has reportedly worsened due to delays in the CBRT project implementation.During the Feb. 7 executive session, Neda told the council that the project remains economically viable despite delays, while the DOTr bared new projected timelines.The DOTr said it aims to partially operate the CBRT once its Package 1 is completed by the second quarter of 2024.Norvin Imbong, DOTr deputy project manager for systems and stakeholders relations, in the same executive session, said they are now starting with the procurement of Package 2 and “have already started reaching out to more companies that will be participating in the bidding process, land acquisition, resettlement, and social management.”The CBRT Package 2 includes the south trunk – from the South Road Properties to Mambaling via N. Bacalso Ave. – while Package 3 refers to the BRT’s north trunk – from Capitol to Escario St., then to Gorordo Ave. to Arch. Reyes Ave. to Cebu IT Park.However, Cuenco, head of the city’s transportation committee, said the completion of the CBRT project would take a lot longer and become more expensive, unless “corrective” measures are done before proceeding with the civil works for the succeeding phases of the BRT construction.The councilor pointed out that it is impossible for the DOTr to actually partially operate CBRT Package 1 by 2024 because of several issues that still have to be addressed.Part of Package 1 of the CBRT is set for completion in July 2024; however, the DOTr has yet to provide information on their engagement with contractors for the CBRT’s operation and management which raises concerns on the lack clarity and transparency, said Cuenco.Cuenco revealed his staff also came across a letter-invitation from the Public-Private Partnership Center dated Dec. 27, 2023 for negotiated procurement for project preparation and transaction advisory services for the operation and maintenance of the CBRT project.“The addressee, Mr. Prabanant, is a partner at Deloitte Touche Tomatsu India LLP, located in Delhi. Did I not present before in my privilege speech, the pitfalls of the Delhi BRT project, which only lasted a little over a year, folded up and turned out to be a failure,” Cuenco asked.Cuenco said the City Government should have also received copies of all documentary exhibits regarding each modification of the CBRT project, particularly feasibility studies justifying the budget increase from P16 billion to nearly P29 billion. CBRT Package 1 covers 2.38 kilometers from Cebu South Bus Terminal on N. Bacalso Ave. to the front of the Cebu Provincial Capitol Building on Osmeña Blvd.The CBRT is a National Government project. Majority of the construction work affects Cebu City and its residents. Other issuesCuenco pointed out that the DOTr aims to partially operate the project this year, when it has yet to finalize institutional arrangements and the mode of operation (whether public-private partnership or government) of the buses on the BRT route, as these are still subject to an ongoing feasibility study as of February.He also raised concerns on the challenges to acquire the lots needed for the succeeding CBRT packages. While the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) is doing the acquisition of the lots affected along the national road, he said private lot owners are withholding the sale of their properties pending the City Government’s finalization of its plan to update its real property tax ordinance, which would consequently raise the prices of the owners’ lots and properties.Cuenco suggested allowing the proponent to finish constructing the CBRT Package 1, then observing and studying its partial operations to help determine if the CBRT really works.“In the meantime, let’s urge the BRT (proponent) to take a pause and suspend any further civil works of the package 2 and 3 until all the pending issues shall have been resolved to spare the public with having to bear further traffic nightmares,” Cuenco said in a mix of Cebuano and English.Cuenco then urged the executive department to “immediately commence” the construction and opening of alternative roads while waiting for the completion of the CBRT. How can a Filipino student earn money? THE Cebu Provincial Government has asked for justification from the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) on the change in the alignment of the Metro Cebu Expressway (MCE) project Segments 1, 2 and 3B after it was discovered that the road will now traverse more urbanized barangays from the City of Naga to Danao City.During the second meeting she called this year on the issue Thursday, Feb. 22, 2024, Gov. Gwendolyn Garcia asked the DPWH to explain why there was no proper coordination regarding the realignment of the MCE project.During the meeting, more violations were also uncovered by the Environmental Management Bureau (EMB) 7 and the Cebu Provincial Government in the construction of Segment 3A of the MCE project that posed safety hazards to motorists and residents of Barangay Cantao-an in Naga City.During the first meeting last Feb. 7 at the Capitol, the Provincial Government ordered the halting of all civil works of the MCE project, saying that an environmental and safety study had to be conducted due to the risks and hazards posed by the recent landslide that occurred in barangays Inayagan and Cantao-an, Naga City back in October 2023.MCE is a 56.9-kilometer highway that was intended to cut through the mountain ranges of Cebu, providing alternative routes to the cities of Naga in the south and Danao City as a north-south backbone highway, according to the DPWH 7.In Thursday’s meeting, Garcia was also informed that MCE’s Segments 1, 2 and 3B are proposed to be funded through a public-private partnership (PPP) to create a toll expressway.The DPWH PPP service department told the governor during the meeting that they are now undertaking a procurement process for the conduct of a feasibility study on whether the abovementioned segments are suitable for PPP.However, when the governor asked regarding the realignment of the project, the DPWH PPP service said this was the result of an earlier feasibility study conducted in 2015.Garcia expressed concerns that the 45 barangays from Naga City to Danao City that will be affected by the project would no longer have access to the expressway if it would become an exclusive road network for paying motorists.The realignment has also resulted in more challenges in road right of way (RROW) acquisition, requiring more funding and may result in further delays due to opposition of the affected areas, Garcia said.Infrastructure projects will have to be built to augment the project in terms of accessibility for the residents of the affected barangays, the governor added.Barangay captains present at the meeting agreed with the governor and said the DPWH had failed to coordinate with them on the project’s realignment. They added that they were informed of the realignment only recently, as the expressway will now traverse the populous areas of their barangays, particularly in the lowlands, instead of the mountainside with fewer houses as presented in the original plan.Garcia added that the proposed toll expressway will also be put side by side or parallel to a national highway.She asked for a third meeting on March 15 to iron out the identified problems of the project.ViolationsGarcia told the DPWH 7 during Thursday’s meeting that the Provincial Government will not lift its cease and desist order (CDO) against the project if there is no solution to the safety and hazard concerns that arose in the MCE’s Segment 3A that suffered a landslide in October 2023. Garcia said they had discovered another violation of the DPWH 7 and its contractor as they had not applied for a quarry permit in the excavation of the soil where the expressway was located. The EMB 7 also discovered several violations aside from the lack of the Environmental Compliance Certificate (ECC) or Certification of Non-Compliance (CNC) submitted by the DPWH 7 for the abovementioned portion. An ECC is a document issued by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources that certifies that a proposed project has been reviewed and found to comply with environmental laws and regulations and that all management plans are in place. During the meeting, DPWH 7 Director Ernesto Gregorio Jr. said Segment 3A has a six-lane road with a length of 4.2 kilometers that cost around P1.9 billion; however, the affected area of the landslide has a length of only 340 meters. Engineer Mary Ann Bueno of EMB 7 said 1.7 kilometers of the total length has no approved ECC or CNC, so the EMB 7 has issued a notice of violation against DPWH 7. Another violation was the blockage of Cantao-an Creek due to a box culvert that was installed to be used as the road on top, which the law prohibits. Garcia added that the CDO will be lifted only if the DPWH 7 addresses the violations it committed according to the EMB 7’s checklist. With all these violations, Garcia emphasized the need for more rigorous study and transparency in informing the public and the local government units about the project’s possible effects, particularly in the areas where the soil quality made it prone to landslides.

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THE Cebu Provincial Government has asked for justification from the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) on the change in the alignment of the Metro Cebu Expressway (MCE) project Segments 1, 2 and 3B after it was discovered that the road will now traverse more urbanized barangays from the City of Naga to Danao City.During the second meeting she called this year on the issue Thursday, Feb. 22, 2024, Gov. Gwendolyn Garcia asked the DPWH to explain why there was no proper coordination regarding the realignment of the MCE project.During the meeting, more violations were also uncovered by the Environmental Management Bureau (EMB) 7 and the Cebu Provincial Government in the construction of Segment 3A of the MCE project that posed safety hazards to motorists and residents of Barangay Cantao-an in Naga City.During the first meeting last Feb. 7 at the Capitol, the Provincial Government ordered the halting of all civil works of the MCE project, saying that an environmental and safety study had to be conducted due to the risks and hazards posed by the recent landslide that occurred in barangays Inayagan and Cantao-an, Naga City back in October 2023.MCE is a 56.9-kilometer highway that was intended to cut through the mountain ranges of Cebu, providing alternative routes to the cities of Naga in the south and Danao City as a north-south backbone highway, according to the DPWH 7.In Thursday’s meeting, Garcia was also informed that MCE’s Segments 1, 2 and 3B are proposed to be funded through a public-private partnership (PPP) to create a toll expressway.The DPWH PPP service department told the governor during the meeting that they are now undertaking a procurement process for the conduct of a feasibility study on whether the abovementioned segments are suitable for PPP.However, when the governor asked regarding the realignment of the project, the DPWH PPP service said this was the result of an earlier feasibility study conducted in 2015.Garcia expressed concerns that the 45 barangays from Naga City to Danao City that will be affected by the project would no longer have access to the expressway if it would become an exclusive road network for paying motorists.The realignment has also resulted in more challenges in road right of way (RROW) acquisition, requiring more funding and may result in further delays due to opposition of the affected areas, Garcia said.Infrastructure projects will have to be built to augment the project in terms of accessibility for the residents of the affected barangays, the governor added.Barangay captains present at the meeting agreed with the governor and said the DPWH had failed to coordinate with them on the project’s realignment. They added that they were informed of the realignment only recently, as the expressway will now traverse the populous areas of their barangays, particularly in the lowlands, instead of the mountainside with fewer houses as presented in the original plan.Garcia added that the proposed toll expressway will also be put side by side or parallel to a national highway.She asked for a third meeting on March 15 to iron out the identified problems of the project.ViolationsGarcia told the DPWH 7 during Thursday’s meeting that the Provincial Government will not lift its cease and desist order (CDO) against the project if there is no solution to the safety and hazard concerns that arose in the MCE’s Segment 3A that suffered a landslide in October 2023. Garcia said they had discovered another violation of the DPWH 7 and its contractor as they had not applied for a quarry permit in the excavation of the soil where the expressway was located. The EMB 7 also discovered several violations aside from the lack of the Environmental Compliance Certificate (ECC) or Certification of Non-Compliance (CNC) submitted by the DPWH 7 for the abovementioned portion. An ECC is a document issued by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources that certifies that a proposed project has been reviewed and found to comply with environmental laws and regulations and that all management plans are in place. During the meeting, DPWH 7 Director Ernesto Gregorio Jr. said Segment 3A has a six-lane road with a length of 4.2 kilometers that cost around P1.9 billion; however, the affected area of the landslide has a length of only 340 meters. Engineer Mary Ann Bueno of EMB 7 said 1.7 kilometers of the total length has no approved ECC or CNC, so the EMB 7 has issued a notice of violation against DPWH 7. Another violation was the blockage of Cantao-an Creek due to a box culvert that was installed to be used as the road on top, which the law prohibits. Garcia added that the CDO will be lifted only if the DPWH 7 addresses the violations it committed according to the EMB 7’s checklist. With all these violations, Garcia emphasized the need for more rigorous study and transparency in informing the public and the local government units about the project’s possible effects, particularly in the areas where the soil quality made it prone to landslides. How can a Filipino student earn money? THE Cebu City Government’s executive department has requested the council to approve a budget of P96.94 million for El Niño preparedness and response during a special online session on Wednesday, March 27, 2024.However, the City Council deferred the budget’s approval, saying it needs further discussion.In the same session, the council placed 28 mountain barangays under state of calamity due to the adverse impact of the weather phenomenon El Niño.The council acknowledged the need to help 506 farmers tilling 115 hectares of lands in these villages.City City Agriculturist Joelito Baclayon said the barangays are Budlaan, Binaliw, Paril, Taptap, Pulangbato, Mabini, Malubog, Agsungot, Guba, Lusaran, Adlaon, Cambinocot, Pamutan, Sirao, Sapangdaku, Toong, Buhisan, Pung-ol Sibugay, Babag, Sudlon 1, Sudlon 2, Bonbon, Sinsin, Kalunasan, Buot, Tagbao, Busay and Tabunan.Soil cracksCity Councilor Joel Garganera, who sponsored the resolution during the special session, said based on the report of the City Agriculture Department, the Butuanon River upstream and Cotcot-Lusaran have experienced reduced stream flows due to less rainfall, and at least 50 percent of farms have shown presence of soil cracks due to lack of water.In a text message to SunStar Cebu, Baclayon clarified that El Niño affects 37 barangays in the city. However, mountain barangays are receiving greater focus due to their concentration of farms.Garganera said during the session that El Niño’s impact extends beyond the uplands, with barangays like Talamban, Lahug and Guadalupe, known for hog raising, also experiencing its effects.The approved resolution allows necessary expenditures for critical, urgent, and appropriate measures to mitigate the ill impacts of El Niño to be charged to the 2024 quick response fund of the Local Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Fund (LDRRMF).However, the CDRRMO cannot still use the fund as the City Council still has to approve its annual investment plan (AIP) for its LDRRMF.Proposed budgetGarganera, chairman of the committee on environment, presented CDRRMO’s AIP during the special session. The resolution approves the Annual Investment Plan (AIP) of the Local Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Fund.The AIP covers agriculture expenditures: P80 million (purchase of seeds, fertilizers and pesticides, supplies, tools and equipment, and conduct of information campaign); health expenditures: P10 million (purchase of vaccines, drugs, and medicine for waterborne diseases, heat-related illnesses, and other supplies); and water sanitation and hygiene expenses: P2.74 million (procurement of a reverse osmosis water filtration system).Included also in the AIP are the budget for disaster response operations: P3 million (purchase of demolition/breaching tools, supplies, materials, and personal protective equipment); and information technology solutions: P1.2 million (two-year subscription of low Earth orbit (LEO) satellite-based internet connectivity, and equipment). LEO offers solutions to deliver internet access to remote or underserved areas where traditional ground-based infrastructure like cables or cell towers may be impossible or impractical to build.Councilors raise concernsCouncilor Nestor Archival questioned the necessity of the allocation for agricultural expenditures, arguing that the primary issue stemming from El Niño is water scarcity.“If we are going to give seeds, fertilizers and pesticides, these will be wasted because in farming the basic need is water,” he said.Archival also asked Garganera if the budget for procuring farm supplies had already been used and distributed to the farmers.Garganera said the amount remains unused.Agreeing to Archival’s opinion, Councilor Phillip Zafra suggested to the City prioritize purchasing materials to help conserve water, such as hoses, barrels, pumps and water trucks.Councilor Noel Wenceslao asked representatives from the agriculture department and city disaster office to further explain the proposed budget.For her part, Councilor Jocelyn Pesquera questioned the allocation of only P2.7 million for the reverse osmosis filtration system, despite its importance for addressing water supply issues.Pesquera also questioned the need to buy demolition/breaching tools and subscribe to LEO in response to the El Niño phenomenon.The councilor also asked if the personal protective equipment (PPE) is similar to the PPEs used during the Covid-19 pandemic, noting that the City still has several stocks.Garganera said the PPE is not for any respiratory-related diseases, but intended for agriculture use.Pesquera suggested that the CDRRMO re-study its proposed budget.Garganera moved to defer the budget approval and called for an executive session, which was seconded by Pesquera. The session is scheduled for Tuesday, April 2, at 1 p.m. / AML, JJL

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Did I not present before in my privilege speech, the pitfalls of the Delhi BRT project, which only lasted a little over a year, folded up and turned out to be a failure,” Cuenco asked.Cuenco said the City Government should have also received copies of all documentary exhibits regarding each modification of the CBRT project, particularly feasibility studies justifying the budget increase from P16 billion to nearly P29 billion. CBRT Package 1 covers 2.38 kilometers from Cebu South Bus Terminal on N. Bacalso Ave. to the front of the Cebu Provincial Capitol Building on Osmeña Blvd.The CBRT is a National Government project. Majority of the construction work affects Cebu City and its residents. 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Did I not present before in my privilege speech, the pitfalls of the Delhi BRT project, which only lasted a little over a year, folded up and turned out to be a failure,” Cuenco asked.Cuenco said the City Government should have also received copies of all documentary exhibits regarding each modification of the CBRT project, particularly feasibility studies justifying the budget increase from P16 billion to nearly P29 billion. CBRT Package 1 covers 2.38 kilometers from Cebu South Bus Terminal on N. Bacalso Ave. to the front of the Cebu Provincial Capitol Building on Osmeña Blvd.The CBRT is a National Government project. Majority of the construction work affects Cebu City and its residents. 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Gwendolyn Garcia asked the DPWH to explain why there was no proper coordination regarding the realignment of the MCE project.During the meeting, more violations were also uncovered by the Environmental Management Bureau (EMB) 7 and the Cebu Provincial Government in the construction of Segment 3A of the MCE project that posed safety hazards to motorists and residents of Barangay Cantao-an in Naga City.During the first meeting last Feb. 7 at the Capitol, the Provincial Government ordered the halting of all civil works of the MCE project, saying that an environmental and safety study had to be conducted due to the risks and hazards posed by the recent landslide that occurred in barangays Inayagan and Cantao-an, Naga City back in October 2023.MCE is a 56.9-kilometer highway that was intended to cut through the mountain ranges of Cebu, providing alternative routes to the cities of Naga in the south and Danao City as a north-south backbone highway, according to the DPWH 7.In Thursday’s meeting, Garcia was also informed that MCE’s Segments 1, 2 and 3B are proposed to be funded through a public-private partnership (PPP) to create a toll expressway.The DPWH PPP service department told the governor during the meeting that they are now undertaking a procurement process for the conduct of a feasibility study on whether the abovementioned segments are suitable for PPP.However, when the governor asked regarding the realignment of the project, the DPWH PPP service said this was the result of an earlier feasibility study conducted in 2015.Garcia expressed concerns that the 45 barangays from Naga City to Danao City that will be affected by the project would no longer have access to the expressway if it would become an exclusive road network for paying motorists.The realignment has also resulted in more challenges in road right of way (RROW) acquisition, requiring more funding and may result in further delays due to opposition of the affected areas, Garcia said.Infrastructure projects will have to be built to augment the project in terms of accessibility for the residents of the affected barangays, the governor added.Barangay captains present at the meeting agreed with the governor and said the DPWH had failed to coordinate with them on the project’s realignment. 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