Laguindingan, Gitagum, Alubijid prepare for
land use and environment impact of Laguindingan Airport
As the completion of the Laguindingan Airport approaches, the three municipalities of Gitagum, Laguindingan, and Alubijid surrounding the area turn their attention on land use and environmental impacts of the project and related developments when the airport will be in full operation.
In a meeting of the special committee of the Regional Development Council (RDC) Region 10 on the Laguindingan Airport Development Project (LADP) held last May 11, chaired by Laguindingan Mayor Oliver Ubaub, officials and staff of the three municipalities discussed the need for a sanitary landfill for their common use, among other projects for priority implementation.
An initial meeting of the municipal engineers together with Environmental Management Bureau (EMB) and Mines and Geosciences Bureau (MGB) of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC), Ayala Land Inc., and HANJIN was scheduled for May 25. It was learned that the EMB had already identified a site in Talao, Gitagum to be the most appropriate for a sanitary landfill for this cluster of municipalities. Negotiations with the landowners are ongoing.
Other programs to be given priority attention are watershed management to sustain adequate water supply, integrated coastal resource management to prevent destruction of marine resources, riverbank protection to preserve salt-beds and downstream fishponds, food security, quarantine services, and urban greening. The meeting recognized the need for complementation and harmonization of sector and Comprehensive Land Use Plans (CLUP) of the three municipalities.
The RDC has created a special committee on LADP which is chaired by Governor Oscar Moreno of Misamis Oriental, specifically to ensure the smooth operation of the Laguindingan international standard airport once it is completed in early 2012. Other subcommittees are looking into the infrastructure (internal and external) and investment and promotions requirements of the project.
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