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Dolomite Beach along Roxas Boulevard, Manila, on Friday, October 9, 2020. SEE PHOTO / GRIG C. MONTEGRANDE
MANILA, Philippines – The Department of Public Works and Roads (DPWH) plans to build a breakwater to protect the crushed dolomite used as artificial white sand from being washed away by strong waves in Manila Bay.
The undersecretary of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), Jonas Leones, said this Thursday that they were informed that the DPWH will build a breakwater in addition to the geotubes, or the huge and durable plastic filled with sand that was already placed in the shore perimeter. to ensure that the crushed dolomite remains intact despite the current.
“In addition to the geotubes that we placed, the DPWH, as we have been informed, to ensure that the beach will be there and will not be destroyed by the strong current, they plan to put a breakwater in that area, siguro malayo lang sa playa,” Leones told the channel news agency ABS-CBN.
“The purpose of noon is similar to geotubes, to prevent heavy swell or swell na papalo doon sa beach area na ‘yun,” he also said.
(Its purpose is the same as that of the geotubes, which is to prevent the strong waves that will hit the beach area).
The official also assured that the crushed dolomite in the area remains “intact” despite the strong waves and winds brought by Typhoon Quinta.
He said it is impossible for artificial white sand to wash off as it is surrounded by geotubes, adding that the sand will eventually become more stable as it sits longer on the shore.
Leones also said that the litter in the area that DENR officials saw during an inspection Monday was “little” compared to the volume of litter there in the past.
The DENR maintains that the white sand was not washed away even though the photos show a part of the beach project covered by black sand. The department said there was only one “wash” by the thick black sand from the waters of Manila Bay.
EDV
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