Sunday, September 24, 2006 Drainage woe still unsolved
The Mandaue City Government could not yet lay down steel plates on the concrete pavement in the entrance to a private warehouse along Gerardo Ouano St. in Barangay Cambaro.
Regional Trial Court Judge Ulric Cañete reiterated to Assistant City Attorney Jessamine Dacules last Wednesday his earlier order for the City Government to put some steel plates in the concrete pavement fronting the property of J. King and Sons Co., which the City Government had demolished.
Cañete said placing the steel plates would allow the firm to have a comfortable ingress and egress to and from their property.
The City Government demolished the concrete pavement fronting the firm’s gate because it got in the way of the open canal.
However, City Hall lawyers have not yet received a written copy of the order.
Buy steel plates
Dacules said the City Engineering Office had confirmed that the City does not have any steel plate so they would need to purchase some steel plates to comply with the court order.
The written copy of the court order would be required to support its purchase order request for steel plates, Dacules said.
Until the steel plates are purchased, it looks like the City Government would not be able to immediately comply with the court directive.
Cañete conducted an ocular inspection last Wednesday on the drainage flow in Barangay Cambaro that was allegedly blocked by J. King and Sons Co.
J. King and Sons Co. is asking the court to stop the Mandaue City Government from demolishing its property.
Dacules said drainage water was supposed to flow from New Ville Subdivision to Hilton Heavy Equipment Corp. to Bascara’s lot, which is now occupied by J. King and Sons Co., and finally towards the City’s drainage.
Blockage
The City and the residents are accusing J. King and Sons Co. of closing the drainage inside its property, impeding the flow of water and causing it to overflow towards the neighboring areas.
Cambaro Barangay Captain Vicente Domasian has said the obstruction created by the firm causes the area to get flooded waist-deep even with just 30 minutes of continuous rain.
The City Attorney’s Office earlier ordered the company to rebuild the covered drainage inside their premises and to reconstruct the open canal just outside their gate.
But the company refused to do so, prompting the City to proceed with the demolition of the concrete pavement in order to ease the flow of water in the canal. (ROV)
