Residents of Barangay Libtong in Tagudin, Ilocos Sur are now less susceptible to flood risk with the completion of a 274.2-meter concrete revetment flood control structure by the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH).
According to DPWH Region 1 Director Ronnel M. Tan, DPWH Ilocos Sur Second District Engineering Office (DEO) has recently constructed the 47-meter flood control wall implemented under the final phase of the project, with the first two (2) phases undertaken by DPWH Regional Office 1.
The revetment wall along Libtong Creek involved installation of steel sheet piles, revetment transverse bars, longitudinal bars, and anchor bars with a total project cost of P24.7-million sourced from the 2020 and 2021 General Appropriations Act.
DPWH Ilocos Sur Second District Engineer Emil Ganaden added that pipes were also placed as drainage for overflowing water during heavy rains while the filter clothes inside the structure is expected to prevent soil disintegration and erosion.
“The completion of this 274.2-meter flood control structure is consistent with DPWH’s goal to provide primary defense against flooding and mitigate disaster risk in the hazard-prone barangay of Libtong,” said Director Tan.