ZAMBOANGA CITY now has one of the most beautiful and colorful beachfront in southern Philippines following the recent inauguration of the Waterfront and Heritage Walk Redevelopment Project and the Scouting Centennial Monument at the long stretch of the Roseller T. Lim Boulevard.
Budget Secretary Wendel Avisado together with Assistant Secretary Kim de Leon and Regional Budget Director Mark Louie Martin and Emil Aquino, chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission, graced the twin events led by Mayor Beng Climaco and local government officials.
The P74-million refurbished project was funded by the Department of Budget and Management and forms part of the Green, Green, Green project intended to make selected cities more liveable and sustainable through the development of public open spaces.
The Scout Centennial Monument, designed by acclaimed Angono artist and sculptor Nemesio Miranda, reminds Filipinos that Zamboanga City is the birthplace of the first scouting activity in November 14, 1914.
Avisado hailed Climaco and the people of Zamboanga for their resiliency amid the trials and tribulations. “Today is still truly a celebration as Zamboanga City has been blessed with 84 long years of strong and dynamic leaders. This day is a commemoration of how long the city has been prospering and how its people have contributed to what it is now today. Your leaders are reflections of their constituents and are only as effective as they are if the people choose to support and empower them,” Avisado said.
The event also saw the unveiling of the huge “I Love ZC signage.”
Prior to the inauguration, Climaco gave visiting Australian Ambassador Steven Robinson a tour of the Waterfront Heritage Redevelopment Project. Robinson was here to discuss various Australian-funded programs for Zamboanga
Late last year, Climaco’s political foes used the delay in the Waterfront Heritage Redevelopment Project due to the Covid pandemic, to attack the mayor and spread black propaganda by saying that it had been abandoned by the local government.
The project was suspended in March last year due to the health crisis and resumed in July 16.
In slamming the propaganda of her detractors, Climaco said: “El black propaganda ta continua y el fake news, false information na social media ta continua hace calayat el cuantos maga persona que tiene mal intencion para destrosa el govierno local, para destrosa el esfuerzos del govierno por de ila vested interest.”
“Y el los demas personas, como venganza contra con el govierno cay no puede estos maga gente influir con el gobierno local. Por tantos años, el ataque contra na administracion sin descanso por causa de politica,” she added.
Residents and visitors have praised the beautiful façade of the boulevard with its well-lighted path walk adorned with palm trees and flowering plants and stainless hand rails.
Green, Green, Green project is funded under the Local Government Support Fund - Assistance to Cities and it is the government’s public open space development program launched in 2017 by the Department of Budget and Management.
It assists the Philippines’ 145 cities and their local government units in making their communities more liveable, sustainable, and well-connected through the development or enhancement of public open space by creating esplanades, parks, arboretum, or botanical gardens, and building bike lanes, walkways, and green infrastructure.
The program is a parallel endeavor to the massive national infrastructure development program Build, Build, Build. And the Zamboanga City Waterfront and Heritage Walk Development Project is one of the biggest public open space projects under Green, Green, Green project.
The city’s project focused on upgrading and connecting the boulevard and its neighboring thoroughfares in the waterfront city zone and heritage zone. Uniform and non-skid paving were used to improve the appearance and safety of the streetscape while speed tables were built to connect sidewalks, making the corridor friendly to people on foot.
Rows of native Zamboanga trees and shrubs are also planted along the esplanade to protect pedestrians and bikers from motorists on the carriageway. Seating areas were also built on the edge of the shore for a good view of the sunset. (Zamboanga Post)
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