Senators to DENR: Make sure P389-M allotted for artificial beach in Manila Bay will not go to waste - Manila Bulletin

Senators to DENR: Make sure P389-M allotted for artificial beach in Manila Bay will not go to waste

Two senators on Saturday, September 5, told the Department of Environment and Natural Resources to make sure that the P389 million allotted for the artificial beach in Manila Bay will not go to waste.

He, however, cited the concern of geologist and professor Mahar Lagmay that the agency’s “beach nourishment” project may only be washed away by storms and high tides, and eventually end up wasted. “‘Yong lang ang akin baka masayang lang kung mawa-wash out din itong white sand kung di maglalagay ng engineering device …Maganda ang intensyon pero baka masayang ang pera kung mawa-wash out .”

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