davao greenbelt park

Full-grown trees that were balled and planted at the PTA Grounds, which is being developed as a greenbelt park of Davao City, is sprayed with water by firefighters of 911 to get them acclimatized to their new home. The balled trees were donated by Regional Development Council chair Jesus “Chito” V. Ayala. (Sun.Star Davao/Seth Delos Reyes)

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it’s finally on the go! the pta green park that i have been ranting about last july has now gained an approved budget of 71 million. not much eh? but that’s only for the fountain, the waterfalls, the pond, the shady plaza, and the promenade. the other facilities, well, might wait. almost all of the trees there will be donated by eden nature park.

to give you a picture of what this park is going to be, let me quote an article from news.balita.ph:

The budget will fund the P71-million Parents-Teacher Association (PTA) Green Belt Development Park

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The 3.5-hectare PTA Park, located along Camus-Palma Gil Streets, would be planted with different species of domestically grown and imported plants and trees.

Based on the proposal, the biggest amount of P7 million was earmarked for the construction of the dancing fountain; construction of waterfalls/retention pond and boardwalk at P6.5 million, construction of Shady Plaza which will be filled with African Tulip Area costing P5.6 million and the construction of the promenade at P5.4 million.

Another feature of the park, are the five tropical rainforests representing Australia and Papua New Guinea, the Philippine, Southeast Asia, South and Central America and Africa and Madagascar.

read that? wow! isn’t that cool?

to get the whole news, you might want to click these sites:

-http://news.balita.ph/html/article.php/20061120171726143

-www.sunstar.com.ph/static/dav/2006/08/04/index.html

new traffic lights!

about a month ago, noel and i were wondering why some parts of the downtown intersections were being drilled. i thought maybe the city’s putting up new street lamps. in turns out that it’s not. but rather than new lamps, the city’s actually putting up new traffic lights. yep, after maybe years of running your butt to get through the next street without killing yourself, traffic lights are now alive again. i haven’t actually seen one working yet. the posts are ready, and these lights just have be hung. and that would be anytime soon if not tomorrow. great!

kris aquino missing

a couple of days ago, i found out that the two faces of miss kris aquino have mysteriously vanished from the billboard family along the gov. generoso bridge in bankerohan. only to find out that miss dawn zulueta, stephen manahan, and robin padilla vanished as well. well, i guess the city has finally got a resolution after cesar montano fell and hurt one innocent civilian one windy day a few months back. but nah, i think the city just want to ride the wagon the mmda in manila is presently driving. whatever the reason is, i am grateful for the move. not because i hate miss kris (in fact i love her) or any personality for that matter, but because the steel structures these giant faces cared to attach themselves are already rusted and must have weakened through time. as far as i know, these structures have been there before i even learned what sex was. and that was, 10 years ago?

museo

in a few months, these two new structures will rise in our lovely city:

museo dabawenyo
(near the bonifacio monument, pichon st., fronting colasa’s barbeque)

mindanao folks center
(within Juna subd.)

nice, eh? hehe.

and oh, more on the green park – they say they’re going to put up a dancing fountain like that of sentosa’s. uuyy..astig.

green park

many people said that the ultra durable trash bins that the city purchased were patterned after those in the united states. it was only recently, after watching the family comedy rv, that i confirmed this. totoo pala. at least now we know that the mayor is not spending money on low quality projects. hehe.

speaking of projects, only recently did i also learn about the mayor’s decision to transform the almost barren pta grounds into a luscious green park (geez, it’s such a shame im losing track of some great city updates). he said it’s going to be the city’s version of the famed central park in new york city. although that is quite an imagination, councilor peter lavina would rather say it’s going to be like the old greenbelt at the makati commercial center, which is not at all a bad perspective given the limited space. the more important thing is, it’s going to be in the middle of the city, which is something for a sprawling metro such as ours.

i actually saw the architect’s blueprint on tv and the overall design is quite a marvel. they say efforts are being exhausted to make it world class, equipped with some cultural amenities and art facilities. i heard the over-all budget’s going to be more than a hundred million.

i am really excited about this green park project. it’s high time for davao to have a real park to walk through, not just some dusty and cheaply made open spaces falsely termed as such.

the project has actually started and trees have already been put up in the area. i think the mayor’s pretty serious of finishing this up before the end of the year.

for more info, you might want to visit these sites:
My Own Central Park. Counc. Peter Lavina
PTA will be a park: mayor. Sunstar Davao