By Mortz C. Ortigoza
DAGUPAN CITY – The congressman of the Fourth
District of Pangasinan and the mayor here will collaborate soon to solve if not
lessen the perennial flooding problems that keep scourging this city.
“Magtutulungan
kami ni Mayor Brian Lim. We have to combine our powers,” Representative
Christopher de Venecia told reporters with a chuckle during his ocular inspection
recently of the first phase of the P51 million river mitigation project near the Land
Transportation Office here.
De Venecia said he will be meeting anytime from now with
Lim to find ways what they can work together to reduce the flooding every time
downpour and typhoon beset the city.
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COLLABORATE – Pangasinan Fourth District
Representative Toff de Venecia (left
photo) said he will be meeting soon Dagupan City Mayor Brian Lim (right) to
sort out their priority projects on
flood control and flood mitigation.
“I believed
he is also proposing others like flood control and flood mitigation programs.
So parang our program can work in concert with each other para talagang
malunasan na itong problema sa baha, “ Representative de
Venecia stressed.
The families of de Venecia and Lim are old political
nemesis that started when Lim’s father former congressman and mayor Benjie S.
Lim challenged de Venecia’s father former House Speaker Jose de Venecia in an
acrimonious and extravagant congressional race in 2007.
The de Venecias are allied with former two-term
mayor Belen T. Fernandez who is also Lims political and business rival.
The young Lim, a former vice mayor, vanquished
Fernandez in a close contest vote buying marred May 13, 2019 poll.
De Venecia explained that the river mitigation
project should have a 350-meter length where he needs another P250 million
funding from the national government.
The project will not only protect the
embankment and others of the Pantal River but will be used as a service road
for those who ferry fish to and from the Magsaysay Market.
“Parts ng
proposed projects. Magaling ang district engineer natin nagawan niya ng paraan
hindi lang siya flood control but service roads para dito na dadaan ang mga
isda,” he cited the materialization of the project through the intercession
of Pangasinan Second District Engineering Office’s District Engineer Edita
Manuel of the Department of Public Works & Highway.
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