{"id":52454,"date":"2015-06-21T18:49:23","date_gmt":"2015-06-21T10:49:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=52454"},"modified":"2025-01-08T14:09:21","modified_gmt":"2025-01-08T19:09:21","slug":"dpwh-mmda-working-to-address-flooding-traffic-congestion-says-palace-official","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2015\/06\/21\/dpwh-mmda-working-to-address-flooding-traffic-congestion-says-palace-official\/","title":{"rendered":"DPWH, MMDA working to address flooding, traffic congestion, says Palace official"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_15384\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-15384\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/flooding-ondoy-manila.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-15384\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/flooding-ondoy-manila.jpg\" alt=\"A woman wades her way on Imelda avenue circa Sept 2009 in the Philippines. Typhoon Ondoy left hundreds of thousand families displaced and killed hundreds of people. (Timothy Medrano \/ Shutterstock)\" width=\"1000\" height=\"664\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/flooding-ondoy-manila.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/flooding-ondoy-manila-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/flooding-ondoy-manila-600x398.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-15384\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A woman wades her way on Imelda avenue circa Sept 2009 in the Philippines. Typhoon Ondoy left hundreds of thousand families displaced and killed hundreds of people. (Timothy Medrano \/ Shutterstock)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>MANILA &#8212; The Department of Public Works and Highways and the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority are working together to address flooding and traffic congestion in Metro Manila, a Palace official said.<\/p>\n<p>In a radio interview on Saturday, Presidential Communications Operations Office Secretary Herminio Coloma Jr. said the government is working to build the necessary facilities to address those problems in the metropolis.<\/p>\n<p>One initiative of the DPWH, according to Coloma, is the construction of a catchment area in Espa\u00f1a in Manila because it is a flood-prone area in Metro Manila.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy cialis professional online <a href=\"http:\/\/avidaspharma.com\/holding\/htm\/cialis-professional.html\">http:\/\/avidaspharma.com\/holding\/htm\/cialis-professional.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>\u201c<em>Ibig sabihin, kapag may catchment area, mayroong sasalo doon sa bugso ng tubig-baha para hindi bahain kaagad ang ating mga<\/em> main thoroughfare,\u201d Coloma told dzRB Radyo ng Bayan.<\/p>\n<p>The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority on the other hand, continues to do extensive clean up operations of esteros and drainage canals to prevent flooding.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy flexeril online <a href=\"http:\/\/avidaspharma.com\/holding\/htm\/flexeril.html\">http:\/\/avidaspharma.com\/holding\/htm\/flexeril.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>To address traffic congestion, Coloma said one of the most important things was the National Economic Development Authority\u2019s approval of the comprehensive roadmap for Metro Manila.<\/p>\n<p>The roadmap was proposed by the Japan International Cooperation Agency to ease traffic congestion in the National Capital Region (NCR).<\/p>\n<p>Japan is helping the Philippines implement the comprehensive roadmap for Metro Manila and nearby areas.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy tirzepatide online <a href=\"http:\/\/avidaspharma.com\/holding\/htm\/tirzepatide.html\">http:\/\/avidaspharma.com\/holding\/htm\/tirzepatide.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA &#8212; The Department of Public Works and Highways and the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority are working together to address &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":15384,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1482,95],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-52454","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-breaking","category-news-ph","mauthors-philippines-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52454","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=52454"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52454\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":280985,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52454\/revisions\/280985"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15384"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52454"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=52454"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=52454"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}