THE Marikina government has called on the Department of Public Works and Highways—National Capital Region (DPWH-NCR) to immediately repair the cracks and fissures at the Marikina Bridge in Barangay Sto. Niño caused by a DPWH contractor.
“We are strongly demanding your office to conduct an urgent repair and rectification on the damage caused by the DPWH Contractor in the Marikina Bridge in the soonest possible time,” Mayor Marcelino Teodoro said in a letter addressed to DPWH-NCR.
Teodoro said the meter-long cracks on the side of the bridge were caused by a contractor working on the DPWH-NCR Project-Sumulong Flood Interceptor.
Teodoro warned that unless the cracks are repaired, the bridge is in danger of collapsing.
“Considering that we are duty-bound to act on the welfare of inhabitants of the City of Marikina, we are expecting the immediate action of the DPWH, otherwise we are constrained to file necessary legal actions, civil, criminal and/or administrative if this will not be addressed promptly and accordingly,” Teodoro said.
He also demanded the immediate suspension of construction activities on the bridge on the strength of RA 7160 or the local government code of the Philippines. — Christian Oineza
