DPWH Revetment Walls Protect Low-Lying Communities in Aklan
The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) constructs two (2) flood control projects to benefit low-lying barangays in the province of Aklan.
In Barangay Guinatuan, Madalag, a 594.34-lineal meter slope protection structure now protects residents and crops from the detrimental effects of excessive flooding.
DPWH Region 6 Director Tiburcio DL Canlas mentioned to Secretary Roger G. Mercado that the project consists of sheet steel pile and reinforced slope crest protection, concrete blocks and hexapod foot protection, implemented in the amount of P77.2 million.