Sunday, October 07, 2007 P32.9M worth of infra await release of funds
MANDAUE City has P32.9 million for development projects for this year’s investment plans, Mayor Jonas Cortes said last Friday.
Cortes told barangay captains in a luncheon meeting Friday that the unreleased fund comes from the previous administration of mayor Thadeo Ouano.
Association of Barangay Councils (ABC) president Joy Ouano said the amount is part of the city’s 2007 annual investment plan worth P50 million and taken from 20 percent of the development fund of the City’s Internal Revenue Allotment (IRA) for 2007.
Basak Barangay Captain Mick Alivio said the former mayor kept promising them about releasing the fund but failed to do so.
The summary of annual investment plan 2007 was prepared by City development coordinator Delia Rodrigo and approved by then mayor Ouano.
Cortes said some of the projects in the plan have already started while others are still waiting for funds.
The investment plan has four project areas in the field of social development, economic development, environmental development and general development.
The social development fund covers the city’s counterpart fund for early child care and development amounting to P1.2 million.
It also covers water development project in barangay Tingub worth P400,000 and P1 million for improvement of baran-gays Casili and Canduman housing projects.
Economic development fund covers a wide area involving numerous barangays.
It covers the asphalting and concreting of roads; drainage projects; city’s counterpart fund for the construction of eight barangay halls and construction of day care centers in Barangay Basak.
Fund allocated for road projects is P7.5 million; drainage project is P11.3 million; barangay halls and day care centers is P2.9 million; opening of roads and road right-of-way worth P4.05 million.
Funds were also allocated for waste management, water treatment and other developmental appropriation worth P4.5 million.
General development funds were mostly for trainings and furniture in city offices.
Alivio said that of the city’s 27 barangay captains only 18 made it to the meeting with the mayor. (OCP)
