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Dizon: Kaya nga po ngayon nagkukumahog ho kami naghahanap po kami ng savings para po sana mapondohan namin yung bridge na yon sa Arayat, at iba pang mga bridges all over the country na bitin.

Dizon: For example po, mayron po kaming inimbestigahan sa Arayat, may inimbestigahan kaming flood control doon, tapos dinala kami nung isang mayor sa isang bridge, putol po yung bridge, kalahati taos kalahati wala. 10 years na pong putol.

Dizon: We were suggesting po that a special provision be crafted so that the actual savings generated in 2026 from DPWH budget will be utilized to fun a very clear enu of projects, of services that will come from congress.

Dizon: I think the approach will be to have a special provision in the 2026 budget, that a— because clearly whatever savings we will estimate is still estimated saving, meaning depende pa po yung actual savings kapag yung mga project ay na-award na next year.

Dizon: I think the main problem is there has been very very little efforts towards really master-planning these various system, flood control is one, the network to market roads and another, network of bridges and roads is another. I think that is the main weakness

Legarda: If they're harmful, kung ikamamatay, ikababaha ng mga barangay at komunidad kailangan gawin kaagad kung scientifically proven

Dizon: But this is a very meticulous process and it's also very sensitive process because there are COA issues involved, and you know alam naman po natin there are COA rules where you cannot just demolish a project that was built within a certain periods

Dizon: We are already thinking ahead that with enough data and with enough evidence, maybe we might even need to dismantle some of those flood control projects because of their net harmful effects to the communities and the environment

Dizon: To be quite frank, wala nga pong building permit sa LGU, yun pong sa Mindoro, yun pong ginawa po don sa bayan mismo ng governor ng Oriental Mindoro. Yun pong ginawa ng Sunwest at St. Timothy, at Alpha Omega, sorry, Elite eh wala pong building permit, wala pong ECC

Dizon: yun pong mga binisita nila Presidente, yung binisita namin na iniimbistigahan namin ngayon, wala pong ECC, yun po wala pong ECC yung mga proyektong yan.

Gatchalian then clarifies that it is beyond Dizon's administration

Gatchalian: Hindi ko sinasabi na meron pong ghost project dito, may katiwalian dito ang sinasabi ko lang, posibleng magbukas 'to ng korapsyon, posibleng magbukas to ng ghost projects na ayaw natin mangyari.

Gatchalian: May nakita rin kami na four times nag appear— 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026 kagaya ho 'yang 'Constructions of Multi-Purpose building, Barangay Lapasan, Cagayan de Oro City', ako ang suspetya ko rito baka iba-iba ho yan, but the thing is dahil walang detalye hindi natin alam.

One of those is the Construction of Malolos Diversion road, which in two years has only the amount of the project changed from P30M in 2025 GAA to P100M for 2026 NEP, but the title remains, said Gatchalian

According to Gatchalian, they have seen several projects from 2023 to 2025 that reappear on the 2026 DPWH revised list of projects at least twice to four times.