HIGHLY AMBITIOUS PROJECT NEAR LUPANG ARENDA TAYTAY RIZAL

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Due to its Sports Development Program, Taytay eyed the construction of Taytay Sports Complex which is the new seat of sports development in Rizal.

University Of Rizal System - Taytay Campus is already open for the youths of Taytay who don't have enough money for their college studies.

The road widening of Rizal Avenue and Manila East Road was already done. Taytay is also planning for the construction of a new hi-way called Kalayaan Ave. that will connect the Barangays of Dolores, San Juan and Muzon.

The highly ambitious project of the construction of Metro Manila International Airport to be completed in 2015 in cooperation with Taguig City will again add wealth to the increasing revenues of Taytay. 
Since the airport is adjacent to the vicinity of Taytay (Lupang Arenda in particular), hotels, high-rise condominiums will take place. The new TESDA in Taytay is now open. the said office is the largest in the country It is located back of the New Taytay Municipal Hall.

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Gov’t to revoke “Arenda” settlement proclamation

SETTING POLITICS aside, President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo has to do what ought to be done.

Showing rare political will, the president asks Vice President Noli de Castro to prepare a draft for the revocation of the proclamation establishing the settlement called Lupang Arenda, even if it would mean displacing multitude of residents.

Lupand Arenda was established when former President Fidel Ramos issued Proclamation 704 and opened some 200 hectares of public lands in protected wetlands to accommodate the growing number of illegal settlers in Metro Manila.

The settlement lies at the shorelines of Laguna de Bay and lies along the natural lake water egress to Manila Bay along the Napindan Channel.

The opened wetlands, separate sources say remain water logged for the rest of the six months in a year, and should not have been opened as residential area in the first place.

By revoking the Presidential Proclamation 704, the President hopes she could keep these lives away from the dangers posed by rising lake water levels and the flash floods that has washed away dwellings in the area during the recent storms hitting Manila.

During the recent meeting held in Loboc Bohol, the President and her cabinet talked about disaster risk reduction, disaster preparedness and climate change in the wake of the recent disastrous floodings in Manila and surrounding areas.

At the Full Cabinet meeting held at the Loboc Children’s Palace, acted on Vice President’s recommendation to clear the area and relocate the residents.

Recent changes in climate elevated the average lake water level to 12.5 meters, making several dry areas at the Lupang Arenda prone to flooding.

The patch of land lies along the natural waterway between Laguna Lake and Napindan Channel.

Recent floodings in Metro Manila areas also pushed more water through the channel, washing out many squatter dwellings, necessitating government intervention to keep residents safe.

Vice President Noli de Castro told the Cabinet that Laguna Lake Development Authority (LLDA) now bans the return of the 60,000 families to Lupang Arenda.

Lupang Arenda also blocks the natural pathway between Laguna Lake and Napindan Channel. (PIA)

Written by anyajulia on 16 November 2009 

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