DPWH eyes Parañaque Spillway project to address Metro Manila flooding

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The national government is now planning to construct a spillway project in Parañaque City in a bid to protect low-lying communities in Metro Manila from massive flooding.

The national government is now planning to construct a spillway project in Parañaque City in a bid to protect low-lying communities in Metro Manila from massive flooding.

The Parañaque Spillway involves the construction of open channel and tunnel with the inlet at the land side in Buli and with the outlet at the Zapote River mouth with a maximum outflow discharge of 240 cubic meter per second. The underground structure will connect Laguna Lake to Manila Bay will avoid spilling of lake water into low-lying communities. The project will traverse 50 meters below underground the cities of Muntinlupa, Parañaque, Las Piñas, and Bacoor City in Cavite.

The DPWH, which is mandated to implement the infrastructure development projects including the flood control works, has identified the Paranaque Spillway Construction Project as one of the priority projects in the Philippine investment plan.

 

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