Next on the line of coordination for the local task force on the
Panglao Bohol International Airport Project (PBIAP) is for the detention pond lot acquisition, reports Atty. Handel Lagunay Friday.
The detention pond, a necessary place to collect excess water run-off from the soon to rise facility is also a basic requirement in the complex to maintain sub-base integrity, says an engineer who is privy to international requirements in building airport infrastructure.
Allowing run-off water to seep just anywhere jeopardizes the structural integrity of runways and much more, the water collection pond also allows easy treatment so the water can be reused for several purposes, he explained.
As for the Presidential pilot project in Bohol, the talks about acquiring the water collection (detention) pond for the facility surfaced when the local task force came to Barangay Danao in Panglao last week, to meet land-owners for the additional acquisition program.
From the looks of it, Atty Handel Lagunay said, majority of the landowners are amenable to the plan while he admitted some needs more thorough explanation to convince them to give their lots up for sale.
Saying he doesn’t believe it would come to the touchy expropriation proceedings, Atty Lagunay also hinted that the unified support by the local government would facilitate the government acquisition.
Lagunay bared during the weekly Governor Reports that he was elated of the turn-out after informing land-owners of the plan, despite noting that some landowners did have reservations.
This as the PBIAP project costing has coasted through the NEDA Board as the President promised it would two weeks ago.
The NEDA board was the final validating government body to see to the project before the bidding documents could be released and the normal government implementaion procedures for infrstructure projects start, sources said.
By its timetable, the PBIAP would start its civil works with the runway construction by December this year.
It may not be thoroughly completed as President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo ends her term in June 2010 as promised, but it would have substantial developments already by that time, Lagunay summed. (PIA)
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