The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH), together with World Bank (WB), and the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) held a 2-day capacity building event in an effort to assess and improve environmental safeguards of the ongoing Metro Manila Flood Management Project (MMFMP) Phase 1.
According to DPWH Secretary Manuel M. Bonoan, participants were composed of selected technical staff from the DPWH and MMDA, along with project management consultants and contractors.
The capacity building program, held from March 6 to 7, 2023, covered site visits of pumping stations, as well as review and cumulative impact assessment from the site visits together with World Bank environmental officers.
The participants conducted a joint environmental and social safeguards screening of Libertad Pumping Station, Vitas Pumping Station, MMDA Solid Waste Management Facility, Proposed Disposal Site in Malabon, and Proposed Pumping Station in Doña Imelda, Quezon City, which are all part of the MMFMP Phase 1.
“The site visits and training will be beneficial to ensure contractors’ strict compliance to our Environmental and Social Management Framework (ESMF), pursuant to the policies of the project’s funding institution – World Bank,” said Secretary Bonoan.
The MMFMP Phase 1 is a DPWH and MMDA project jointly funded by World Bank and Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank under loan agreement signed December 19, 2017. It aims to rehabilitate and modernize in Metro Manila 36 old pumping stations, construct new 30 pumping stations; minimize solid waste in waterways; and prioritize housing and resettlement of informal settler families that will have to be relocated from the waterways.