Wednesday,
May 16, 2012
REPAIRS
on the riprap in Casa del Rio in Barangay Talamban, Cebu City are not finished.
“The developer
should be able to finish the repair before the rainy season,” said Abraham
Lucero Jr., senior science research specialist of Mines and Geosciences Bureau
(MGB) 7.
The
Housing and Land Use Regulatory Board (HLURB) called for a joint inspection of
the subdivision yesterday, after the riprap collapsed last May 8, killing two
persons and injuring five others.
Lucero
was joined by representatives from the Office of the Building Official (OBO)
and the City Planning and Development Office (CPDO).
They
crowded over the site development plan of Casa del Rio and compared it to the
current situation.
No
official finding
The inspectors
did not release an official finding yesterday because they will still meet for
a second time to make a formal report.
As of
yesterday, the developer was still conducting clearing operations, and it could
not build the reinforced concrete retaining wall because the OBO has yet to
approve the design.
Acting
building official Josefa Ylanan said the design is still with the Department of
Engineering and Public Works for assessment.
The CPDO
confirmed that the weep holes of the riprap were covered.
Ylanan
explained that this can cause silting because the water could not be released.
No ‘alteration’
No ‘alteration’
The CPDO
also did not see the riprap plan in the site development permit, which is
lacking two pages. But the CPDO did not discount the possibility that the plan
is in the missing pages.
Engr.
Pascual Gimenez of OBO said the CEI has cordoned the affected area.
Jonji
Gonzales, Commonwealth Estate Inc. spokesperson, said the developer showed CPDO
Chief Alipio Bacalso yesterday the development permit and subdivision plan that
were approved and verified by the Bureau of Lands and showed that there was no
“alteration” in the plan.
Published in the Sun.Star Cebu
newspaper on May 16, 2012.
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