THE Negros Occidental government has allocated P150,000 for the ongoing demolition work of two of its buildings for lease by the Ayala Land Inc. (ALI).

Provincial administrator Enrique Pinongan said on Thursday the demolition of the Provincial Agriculturist Office and Provincial Environment Management Office is expected to be completed in two weeks.

Pinongan said the building owned by the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) will be demolished by NTC but the Provincial Government is willing to do the job if it has no personnel to do it.

He added the clearing of the property is one of the conditions set by ALI before they pay the provincial government for its properties for lease.

Pinongan said the development of ALI of Capitol properties may start next year after all the existing structures are "cleared."

The Provincial Government, in a deed signed April 27, 2012 with ALI, agreed to the sale of 36,587 square meters of its property at Gatuslao Street for P750,033,500, and in a separate contract for the lease of its 40,481 square meters at P2,955,133 a month, with rent escalating at 10 percent every five years.