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CELEBRATING THE NEW SORSOGON CITY PUBLIC MARKET It was a rainy Wednesday afternoon last June 17, 2009 when the new Sorsogon City Public Market (wet section) was opened to the public. The event was marked by a ribbon-cutting ceremony and a short program with no less than Mayor Leovic R. Dioneda and Rep. Salvador “Tatay” H. Escudero III receiving the people of Sorsogon City as they flocked to the SCPM. This was followed by a blessing with Bishop Arturo Bastes officiating.
The Sorsogon Public Market was originally constructed in 1978. Though it survived typhoons and disasters in the years that followed, no major repair was ever done by previous administrations. The wear and tear had taken its toll and posed great danger to the health and lives of the people of Sorsogon. Only with the leadership of Mayor Leovic Dioneda was this given due concern and priority, the difficulties the project brought about, not withstanding.
The City Engineering Office, thru Engr. Regino Derilo, was given imperative instructions to inspect the SCPM. Committees were tasked to identify problems and priority measures. A technical working group (TWG) with personnel coming from CEO and the offices of the City Planning and Development, City Treasurer and Sangguniang Panlungsod was created to craft procedures to resolve the identified problems.
The TWG thru Ms. Livia Lareza from CPDO, was also dispensed to conduct a survey with respondents from the buying public and vendors occupying the public market wet section. The overwhelming demand (almost 100%) of the 500 respondents to repair the public market prompted Mayor Dioneda to set in motion plans for the renovation. Series of public consultants where vendors aired their sides were conducted and thereafter, notices for their relocation were repeatedly sent out.
In compliance with Mayor Dioneda’s instructions, specific target periods were set from presentation of plans and proposals, to the actual bidding for the project, setting up of a temporary relocation site for the vendors and finally, clearing the building for the project.
For the ten months that work was going on, regular meetings and evaluation of the project was conducted. These meetings ensured information sharing and collective consensus with regards to necessary revisions. Mayor Dioneda himself studied the plans and specifications and thereafter, introduced innovations to fast track completion and improve the design without utilizing substandard materials and sacrificing the integrity of the administration.
It was no mean feat for the chief executive that despite stiff deterrents from some sectors including unstable weather conditions, actual renovations finally began in September 2008. Through the hard labor of the construction crew, the engineers, architects, all the people involved and our Mayor’s ingenuity, we saw the rebirth of our public market. Indeed, it was a clean, well built, refreshing and habitable public market that opened to the public. The two-storey now boasts of a mezzanine fit for safe, hygienic and customer-friendly “carenderias”.
Underlying this resolve is strength of character, firm political will and perceptive recognition of the urgent need to implement change and development projects. His faith in Sorsoganons erodes whatever impediments his political rivals generate.
“When the interests of our people are at stake, there can be no restraint from our resolve to implement development projects. It is time that the people of Sorsogon open up to change for our City to grow, “Mayor Dioneda declared. April-June 2009 Sosogon Magazine 2nd Edition
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