Cebu City builds a shortcut to the Inayawan Landfill using culverts to form a 20-meter, bridge-like structure that will cross the sea water between the SRP and the landfill. The White Road access may be made into just an exit from the landfill (CDN PHOTO/JUNJIE MENDOZA).
CEBU City Hall is constructing a new bridge-like access into the Inayawan landfill from the Mambaling side of the South Road Properties (SRP).
In order to avoid costs, the city will use its spare culverts to form a 20-meter, bridge-like structure which will cross the enclosed sea water between SRP and the landfill.
Department of Public Services (DPS) chief Roberto Cabarrubias said the construction started last week and is expected to finish in one month or by November.
“The plan is to make a shortcut to our landfill from the SRP. We will be using the access road in the Mambaling side,” he told CDN.
He said the city plans to close the original access into the landfill located at White Road in Barangay Inayawan or to use the area as the exit only.
But Cabarrubias said this will still be discussed because White Road is more accessible to the south district barangays while the new access being constructed will be more accessible to north district barangays.
The width of the new access road is around two or three meters.
Cabarrubias said they used the culverts since it would not block the flow of sea water in the area.
Shorter trips
City hall’s Department of Engineering and Public Works (DEPW) is doing the project, while former city councilor Jun Pe is overseeing the project.
“It is intended to shorten the trips of the garbage trucks to the landfill by around four or five kilometers. We planned this in the mayor’s office,” said Pe.
For a round trip, he said the city’s trucks can save around eight kilometers of travel which is equivalent to approximately three liters of fuel.
Pe said he works as a “volunteer” under the mayor’s office.
He explained that what the DEPW did was to remove the silt under the enclosed sea and replace it with rocks to act as foundation.
The culverts are then laid on top and are clipped together using steel rods.
The top of the culverts will also be covered with soil.