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Aerial photo of the Marikina-Pasig River Channel Improvement Project in Barangay Tumana, Marikina City, on November 6, 2024. Maria Tan, ABS-CBN News/File

Aerial photo of the Marikina-Pasig River Channel Improvement Project in Barangay Tumana, Marikina City, on November 6, 2024.

The National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) Board recently approved a budget increase for the project, raising it from P33.1 billion to P57.7 billion. The project aims to reduce flood damage in Metro Manila caused by the overflow of the Pasig-Marikina River. Maria Tan, ABS-CBN News

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Some flood-control facilities in Marikina may be finished by 2028: DPWH

Job Manahan

ABS-CBN News

<div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:960px"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/175489805184220241106-marikina-pasig-river-channel-MT-6.jpg" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib"/><span class="fr-inner" spellcheck="false" style="text-align:left">Aerial photo of the Marikina-Pasig River Channel Improvement Project in Barangay Tumana, Marikina City, on November 6, 2024. <em>Maria Tan, ABS-CBN News/File</em></span></span></span></div><p>MANILA — Some flood-control facilities in Marikina under the Pasig-Marikina River Channel Improvement Project may be finished by 2028, the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) said Monday.</p><p>President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. visited the site of the project along the Marikina Bridge earlier in the day, meeting officials from the local government unit, Metropolitan Manila Development Authority, and the DPWH.</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2025/8/4/dpwh-chief-house-lawmakers-want-drainage-system-master-plan-for-metro-manila-1831">DPWH chief, House lawmakers want drainage system master plan for Metro Manila</a></div><p>Marcos inspected the project with the officials and had a 20-minute review of the maps and blueprints. He did not give any media interviews.</p><p>After this, he went to Sumulong Highway to check the installation of culvert pipes to complement the city&#x27;s flood control facilities.</p><p>But DPWH Secretary Manuel Bonoan said some facilities were still underway, including the Manggahan Control Gate Structure.</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2025/8/11/marcos-launches-website-to-seek-public-help-in-auditing-flood-control-projects-0923">&#x27;Sumbong sa Pangulo&#x27;: Marcos launches website to seek public help in auditing flood control projects</a></div><p>“Ito ang magpapahinto ng baha galing sa Sierra Madre at ida-divert muna sa Manggahan Floodway papunta ng Laguna Lake. Once mababa yung Manila Bay... that will be the flood control gate structure. Malaki itong structure na ito,” Bonoan told reporters in a chance interview.</p><p>“We are hoping na itong widening, revetment, baka matapos namin by 2028. Pero yung Marikina Gate Control Structure baka by 2028 or 2029 siguro,” he said.</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2025/7/22/metro-manila-drainage-system-very-old-no-longer-adequate-in-preventing-floods-dpwh-0922">Metro Manila drainage system ‘very old’, no longer ‘adequate’ in preventing floods: DPWH</a></div><p>The DPWH chief said the Pasig-Marikina River Channel Improvement Project’s Phase IV, once completed, would “significantly improve” flood-mitigation measures in Marikina and other parts of Metro Manila. </p><p>“The floodwaters from the watershed will not be directly going through… yun ang impact. But in the meantime, the President also instructed us to look into containment structures… sa Sierra Madre,” he said.</p><p>Marikina City’s dredging activities and river widening efforts have helped in alleviating floods, said Marikina City Mayor Maan Teodoro.</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2025/8/11/15-contractors-cornered-p100-b-worth-of-flood-control-projects-since-2022-marcos-1053">15 contractors cornered P100-B worth of flood control projects since 2022: Marcos</a></div><p>Teodoro said the completion of the Pasig-Marikina River Channel Improvement Project might be postponed. </p><p>The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) provides assistance to the project through sloping, she said.</p><p>“Itong Marikina River [project] supposedly matatapos sana ito by this year, December of this year, pero nagkaroon daw ng variations and at the same time, kailangan mag-provide ang local government ng Pilipinas ng counterpart,” said Teodoro.</p><p>“Yun ang hindi na-allocate this year so medyo tatagal na naman siya up to next year. Yun ang pangako ng JICA,” she said.</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2025/7/22/teodoro-fewer-areas-flooded-in-marikina-compared-to-typhoon-carina-1553">Teodoro: Fewer areas flooded in Marikina compared to Typhoon Carina</a></div><p>The DPWH earlier said the Marikina River project would protect communities in Pasig, Marikina, Cainta, Taytay, and Quezon City by preventing the overflow of the river.</p><p>The fourth phase will cover structural and non-structural aspects.</p><p>Teodoro said the DPWH told them they would provide a counterpart for the foreign-assisted loan.</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2025/8/10/-no-cost-metro-manila-flood-solution-raises-question-of-hidden-price-tags-2004">WRAP: ‘No cost’ Metro Manila flood solution raises question of hidden price tags</a></div><p>“Dapat ang Pilipinas mayroon siyang i-allocate na fund para may counterpart siya... Hindi ko alam kung ano&#x27;ng nangyari pero wala, wala siyang nakuhang local counterpart,” she said.</p><p>The official noted that the President was informed about this situation and told them, “Alam niyo na dapat. Alam niyo na kung anong dapat gawin. Hindi dapat nahihinto ang ganitong proyekto.”</p><p>In the podcast he released last week, Marcos criticized the lack of funding in foreign-assisted projects, describing this as an embarrassment and something that stains the Philippines’ reputation.</p><div><br/></div><div><strong>RELATED VIDEO: </strong></div><div><strong><span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Hycen1ujcsg?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span></strong></div>

<p>Some flood-control facilities in Marikina under the Pasig-Marikina River Channel Improvement Project may be finished by 2028, the Department of Public Works and Highways said. </p>

Some flood-control facilities in Marikina under the Pasig-Marikina River Channel Improvement Project may be finished by 2028, the Department of Public Works and Highways said.