Celso unveils P21M projects for Recodo High School
It will be a dream come true for the residents of barangay Recodo, as the city government today fulfills its commitment to bring put up the necessary facilities to make education and social services accessible to the residents in the area.
Mayor Celso Lobregat, who initiated the projects, will personally lead city government in inaugurating and turning over to the Department of Education some P21 million worth of projects that will fully operationalize the Recodo National High School this year.
The projects to be unveiled include the two 2 storey-8 classroom buildings amounting to P15 million; 322 linear meter road concreting project worth P2.075 million and construction of fence with gates worth P3.23 million.
Last March 4, Mayor Lobregat, together with Sec. Ronaldo Puno of the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) turned over a 2-storey fire station constructed in Recodo. After the inauguration today, the mayor together with other city officials will have to be back in Recodo for the inauguration of the P3.8 million barangay hall which is now ongoing construction. Another building intended to be the Community Police Action Center (COMPAC) will also rise in the area using city government funds.
The school projects are constructed inside a 1 hectare property while the fire sub-station, the barangay hall and the proposed COMPAC are seated on the adjacent 2,500 square meter property donated by the Consunji Family to the city government through the efforts of Mayor Lobregat.
The negotiations for the donation of the property commenced at the time when the creation or establishment of the Recodo National High School was initiated.
“This will be like a model school because the entire complex, the entire one hectare property has been fenced”, the mayor said with elation.
Construction of school buildings and other education-related facilities form part of the Lobregat administration’s unceasing support and assistance to the education sector with the hope of improving the quality of education in the city.
Education springs development and progress, the mayor has emphasized.
In sum, the total cost of the projects implemented by the city government in Recodo is estimated to reach over P24 million. (Sheila Covarrubias)