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Monday, August 21, 2006
City to sue flyover contractor over broken road
By Rimaliza Opiña
MAYOR Braulio Yaranon said Sunday charges would be filed against the contractor of Phase 2 of the Baguio General Hospital (BGH) flyover project once the group of private engineers confirms the report of the City Engineers Office (CEO) that the newly improved Gov. Pack Road is already damaged.
The complaint, said Yaranon, would be drafted by newly appointed Secretary to the Mayor Conrado Bueno.
Ocular inspections done by the CEO revealed that ground subsidence had happened in some parts of the road.
Yaranon earlier tasked the CEO to determine if the cracks at Gov. Pack Road had something to do with the ongoing ground works for the P88-million flyover construction.
The CEO conducted inspections on April 27, July 20 and August 11, respectively.
Based on the CEO's latest findings, City Engineer Leo Bernardez told the mayor that a new riprap wall was extended up to the existing fence of the Lion's Club and that the gap between the pavement and the road's sidewalk is now deeper compared to an earlier report, which stated that the gap was only four inches deep.
Bernardez said pavement subsidence was the result of the entry of runoff rainwater "possibly due to insufficient asphalt sealant on the concrete joints and the insufficient compaction of backfill materials on the widened section where the cracks and subsidence is visible."
He added that excavated soil materials are still scattered along the wall's slope.
He reiterated that measures have to be done by the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) to avoid the possibility that the newly constructed wall might collapse as a result of subsidence.
(August 21, 2006 issue)
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