Bridge construction in Angono resumes; to be raised 0.5 meter higher

Ang Uno sa Lahat

Angono, Rizal  | Philippines  |  October 15, 2014

               Workers raising the beam with bottle jacks

The bridge construction in Angono, Rizal has resumed and the current beam is to be raised 0.50 meter higher.  The office of the mayor has announced that it has intervened that the bridge construction be modified.

The alteration has been done to accommodate the numerous "experts" comment the much thicker beam will block the river and cause instant flooding.

Believe it or not, the beams will be raised one end after one another by mere two ordinary bottle jacks, each one with rated capacity of 25 tons.

Thank you mayor Gerry for the intervention.

                     Each jack's capacity is 25 tons, I am worried with the platform where the jack steps on...!

                         Long view of the jacking operations

          All the beams at the north end have been raised

                    The beams are higher than the street level

                    The workers  raising the beam

                     Drilling holes from the far end of the road for the PLDT lines?

New trajectory/vision for Angono?

Angono - ang UNO

Angono Rizal  PHL   |  August 25, 2013

The Mayor of Angono (now an MPA graduate just like Mon Ilagan of Cainta who graduated with Gold Medal at Ateneo School of Government) would, judging from his statement change the trajectory of his vision for Angono.  On two occasion, he spoke to me one during theAngono Jaycee Past President reunion; and recently last August 17, 2013 after I delivered my AngoNegosyo presentation.

The culture/art, environment friendly set up would still be there but economic progress would form a large part of the blue print:   more business, more PPP say at the current market site for a terminal and commercial spaces/offices (just like Agora in San Juan, and Dasmarinas Cavite)

Having peaked the revenues of the town with limited land area, and burgeoning dependent squatter populations who are to be patronized and taken care of every time there is a calamity, the art capital thing may no longer be functional.  It is noted that in the past only artists are awarded but increasingly we see rewards/recognition for taxpayers, businessman, and school owners.

He looks forward to a business council where the govt and businessmen/entrepreneurs would work closely with one another (government entrepreneurship).

I see that the strengths of Angono are in:   medical facilities, commerical establishment (hypermart is starting construction now, and we have 3 other supermarkets) and  schools. That could be start of something new