Sanitary landfill project takes off soon

By RANIE S. AZUE

BACOLOD City – The construction of the controversial sanitary landfill project of the city government will start anytime soon. The Notice to Proceed has been awarded to the winning contractor.

Acting City Administrator Atty. Goldwyn Nifras said he was given the green light by Mayor Evelio Leonardia to issue a Notice to Proceed to A.L. Salazar Construction, which bagged the construction of the almost P33-million sanitary landfill project in Brgy. Felisa.

Upon receiving the notice, Nifras said the contractor is given 10 days to start the construction.

Based on the contract, A.L. Salazar Construction has 180 days or six months to finish phase one of the project.

The landfill covers only one hectare of the total seven-hectare property.

“The implementation of the project will be undertaken phase by phase,” Nifras explained.

The project is exempted from the ban of the Commission on Elections, Nifras said, because the contract has been perfected prior to the start of the banning period which falls on the 26th of this month.

March 26 is the start of the campaign period for local candidates.

The sanitary landfill is in compliance to the Solid Waste Management Law or Republic 9003.
The project stirred controversy when residents of Brgy. Felisa, which also host the controlled dumpsite of the city, strongly voiced opposition to it./PN