P8M Rizal Park flagpole ‘not overpriced’

[hellafayta]

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The new flagpole which will replace the old one at Rizal Park is “anything but overpriced” despite its eye-popping price tag of nearly P8 million.

“The project went through a bidding, there’s no overpricing or [anything] anomalous [about] that project,” Director Reynaldo Tagudando of the Department of Public Works and Highways’ National Capital Region said in a phone interview on Tuesday.

A photo of a billboard posted near the Rizal Monument containing all the project details—including its price tag of P7,865,425.03—went viral shortly after it came out on a social networking site, immediately earning the ire of netizens who described the allocated fund as exorbitant.

Tagudando, however, explained that the new flagpole would be taller and powered by a mechanized pulley.

According to him, the National Parks and Development Committee (NPDC) which oversees Luneta, had requested that the flagpole be restored to its original proposed height of 52 meters, or 150 feet.

“Right now, its height is 30 meters. If we will change its height, it follows that we will also change its base [and] its foundation because it will now have a different structure analysis,” he explained.

He said that they would also change the size of the pole which is divided into three segments and made of imported metal. “And instead of the existing manual pulley, we will change it to a mechanized pulley,” he added.

“These are just some of the reasons why the P8-million project cost is justified,” Tagudando told the Inquirer.

P8M Rizal Park flagpole


pagchur mo diha oi kinsa inyong giilad?

[dbalagosa]

nindot if makita jud ang breakdown.

dili pud ko mu ingun overpriced kay wala pa gani ta kita sa unod sa libro mu judge na dayon ta.

If ila jud ilisan ang stucture mismo, then possible na ma abot jud ana kadako.

[kit_cebu]

way kawatan mo-tug-an...well, that sums it all up...

[wh3ng2004]

daghan guro nag features nya naa pod touchscreen...heheheheh bitaw mau sad bantayan ni ug unsa jud mga materials ana kung tinood ba jud mo abot ana ka dako ang cost.

[reptoid]

Sorry, but 7.8M for a flagpole is ridiculous in a country such as this. Other peoples' money.... easy to spend and easy to steal.

[stew_griff]

i am ok with this,, as long as ari bitayon si napoles ug ang mga kurakot na senador ug kongresman.

ug usa pa, ang naka bahug tae aning ilang gibuhat, mg himo bag o flagpole, butangan ug flag, simbolo sa atong nasud,

pero IMPORTED jud ang paliton nga mga gamit? hahaha how patriotic

[Eve's Apple Project]

8m for a flagpole? hmmm

[ondoy]

makahimo namana ug building ang 8M

[johnjob]

Kamo jud basin Gold cguro mga kabilya ana.

[vahnhelsing]

biliba nako sa engineer ani... 52 meter flag pole would cost 8 M..
mansion naman ni, naa pay swimming pool, garage na automatic ug unsa pa..

sus intawn... unsay makina ani nga para automatic BMW or Porsche?