Can't have a dike to surround the city
Posted on August 22, 2006 - Filed Under Punch Forum |
Jeremias Andrade Carrera
22 August 2006
Ms. Ric:
Mr. Velasco said circumferential dike which means it must encircle Dagupan which he claims to be below sea level. Where will all the water that drains through Dagupan and the water that will accumulate within the dike during heavy storm go? Think about it together with the required engineering, real estate acquisition, the environment, the legal implications among other things. Can a city just put a dike around it and floods the surrounding towns? I believe the Philippines also has laws that are similar to the USA which protects others from harm by anybody who does not exercise reasonable duty of care and it is more stringent for large projects such as what Jun Velasco was THINKING ABOUT, if indeed he was thinking when he wrote his opinion. The NEPA of the USA though is more stringent than the requirements in the Philippines through their ECA.
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