By Pamela F. Dungala
BONTOC,
Mountain Province – Local folks and officials were urged by the
provincial Highways office here last week to inform the latter even through text
messages of projects and activities of contractors which they deemed not
conforming to standards.
Mountain Province District Engineering Office
officials bared this as they activated
monitoring committees of local government units of the province through
an orientation-workshop at the MPDEO on July 17.
This would strengthen monitoring of
infrastructure projects through participation of the community which is also a
kick-off of the Re-Entry Project (ReP) of the MPDEO.
The ReP entitled “Strengthening the
monitoring of infrastructure projects in Mountain Province through community
participation” is a requirement of the Public Management Development Program
(PMDP) of the National Government’s Career Executive Service Development
Program, through Charles C. Sokoken, assistant district engineer.
This project is also aligned with the DPWH’s
accomplishments specifically “Enhanced citizen’s participation in governance”
through closer project inspection and monitoring of infrastructure projects.
In his message, District Engineer Wilbur
Likigan encouraged participants to activate their monitoring bodies.
Being beneficiaries of these infrastructure
projects, it is hoped that we involve ourselves in the monitoring of these
projects, Likigan said.
Further, MLGOO Nena Simongo of DILG-Tadian
cited provisions of Executive Order No. 93 series of 1993 and DILG Memorandum
Circular 2004-78 stipulating each LGU should create a local project monitoring
committee to monitor implementation of all national and local projects within
their areas.
Participants were oriented on basics of pre-detailed
engineering, construction methods and techniques, quality standards and
specifications and road network maintenance activities.
Meanwhile, Sokoken, project manager of the
ReP said he is thankful for the cooperation of the members of the provincial
project monitoring committee (PPMC), municipal project monitoring committees
(MPMCs) and LGUs.
The pilot project for the ReP will be the CY
2014 rehabilitation/reconstruction/upgrading project along Dantay-Sagada National Road which was just
started, Sokoken said.
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