Marcos bares total cost of flood control projects since July 2022 at over P500B
''The total cost of all of the projects since July 2022 until today is P545 billion. I don't know about you but that is a very big number, by any measure that is an enormous number,'' Marcos said at a press conference where he announced the launch of a website about flood control projects.
The total number of the flood control projects was 9,855. Marcos said that a total of 6,021 projects were worth more than P350 billion, adding that they do not specify the exact type of flood control structures built, repaired or rehabilitated.
As part of the initial findings, Marcos said several projects in different locations have exactly the same contract cost, which could mean that same designs, materials, and lengths were used despite differences in location or terrain.
The regions with the most projects and highest spending include the National Capital Region (1,058 projects worth P52.57 billion), Region III (1,617 projects worth P98.01 billion), and Region V (866 projects worth P49.61 billion).
Marcos disclosed this pieces of information after receiving a list from the Department of Public Works and Highways on the flood control projects.
As promised during his last State of the Nation Address, Marcos noted that the audit of the projects will be made accessible to the public.
''And most importantly, it is in a form that the public can use so that they can first, identify the projects that -- the flood control projects that are within their area, within their barangay so that they can actually go and look at it,'' Marcos said.
''Or if they already have information, they can tell us about it kung maganda 'yung naging project, kung hindi maganda 'yung naging project, bakit hindi maganda 'yung naging project, ano naging problema, et cetera, et cetera,'' he added.
(They can tell us about it if the project was good, if it did not become good, what were the problems encountered, et cetera, et cetera.) — RSJ, GMA Integrated News
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