THE construction crew of the Davao City Water District (DCWD) started Friday building a 400-millimeter transmission line over Governor Generoso Bridge at Bankerohan, following approval of the project by the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH).
DCWD spokesperson Imelda Magsuci told Edge Davao that no less that DPWH Regional Director Mariano Alquiza who
was in Manila last Friday relayed the approval of Highways Secretary Rogelio Singson of the water district’s request to piggy-back its bypass transmission lines on the Governor Generoso Bridge. The transmission lines were destroyed after the water district’s own structure spanning the river collapsed after continuous battering by strong river current. Witnesses living near the bridge however claimed having seen logs and other flotsam ramming the concrete piles (posts) of the DCWD bridge, causing it to collapse.
The technical crews of both DCWD and DPWH met last Friday afternoon before starting the construction that same night.
In an earlier statement, DCWD acting general Edwin Regalado said the district will actually build two bypass lines from Matina to Bankerohan –one the 400-mm line and other 700-mm line- in order to temporarilly connect its transmission lines for Line 1 of Dumoy Water Supply System.
Regalado said construction of the 400mm line will take only a week.
The next phase is the construction of the 750-mm bypass line which will take 60 days to complete.
Resumes anytime during the night or dawn, Regalado was quoted as saying.
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