Infrastructure projects should be designed to withstand natural forces caused by climate change as storms and typhoons are expected to be more intense and frequent.
Senator Loren Legarda, an environmentalist, made the call after a 51-meter section of the 300-meter Paliwan bridge in Panay collapsed, isolating two towns.
Legarda did not mention the names of the two towns having jurisdiction over the Paliwan bridge during a DWIZ radio interview Saturday, Nov. 12. The lady legislator said Department of Public Works and Highways district office and Region 6 met with DPWH Secretary Manuel Bonoan on the bridge issue. Asked on long term solutions, Legarda recalled having stated that storms or typhoons from 1998 onward would be more intense and more frequent.
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