COA blocks “soft opening” of Divisoria

COA blocks “soft opening” of Divisoria

Integrated Bus Terminal less overpass

ZAMBOANGA CITY, July 01 (ZNS)- The Commission on Audit (COA) has stopped the planned the soft opening of the multimillion peso Integrated Bus Terminal at Divisoria barangay on account of its unfinished overpass.

City Administrator Antonio Orendain Jr said the  City Government can not open “partially” the Integrated Bus Terminal (IBT) minus the overpass that is still unfinished  to  June 30,2015 as scheduled .

Administrator Orendain  Jr. said that  the COA denied   the city plan for the partial opening of the IBT  since it the entire project is not yet 100 percent (100% ) complete.

Although the IBT  building is 100 % completed the contractor has not completed the overpass that would allow people to cross the street to and from the IBT.

According to Orendain,  The COA has ruled that the project should be  100 percent (100%)  complete before it can be opened to the public .

“Mandated del COA no pwede abri partial , “ Orendain said.

“All the while we thought that because  the building is completed pwede ya usa. Nuay kita pensa  it will happen that way , “ Orendain  added.

As this developed, Orendain said that they already met with contractor  and the City Engineer’s Office headed by Engr. Luis Vicente Despalo to expedite the  completion of the  “over pass” with in a period of one (1) month.

Orendain said that  they need about P 240,000  which is not provided in the contract on the Zamcelco line  that hamper the over pass.

Orendain said that  they already made the estimate on that matter.

In other development, Orendain said that  in as far as the building is concern  everything is completed except for some additional improvement like  to put a grills on the windows .

Orendain also said that about 50’s personnel will be deployed for the operations of the IBT  made up by , some 40’s  on “job order”  personnel as man power, five (5) foreman and five (5) operators for the CCTV cameras. (ZNS)