Former Dumpsite converted to Ecopark 😻
Here’s a glimpse of the ongoing construction of the P135-Million Cagayan de Oro Ecopark. It’s the old city dumpsite being converted into Ecopark. 🌳
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On July 11, 2019, Bobby Lagsa of Rappler reports:
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, Philippines – City officials on Thursday, July 11, finally got the ball rolling on an ecopark project in an old dumpsite.
Mayor Oscar Moreno led the groundbreaking ceremony for the 18-hectare ecopark inside the old city dumpsite in Zayas, Barangay Carmen, in the city's western district.
The development of the ecopark will cost P135 million. Of this amount, P100 million will come from the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) while the city government will shoulder the balance.
"We were looking at developing a city park. We look at Gaston Park, the Divisoria, but I wanted to make something of the old dumpsite where no one would want to visit because it stinks; the smell is unbearable," Moreno said, in explaining why he pushed for an ecopark in that area.
The mayor said scavengers who used to operate in the old dumpsite would be prioritized for employment at the ecopark.
"They will be the one doing maintenance in this park," Moreno said.
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