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January 27, 2018
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SAN JOSE, Antique – A proposed ordinance prescribing a fee for the use of the zip line at the Padlusan Adventure Park failed to get the approval of the Provincial Board.
Board members doubted the safety of the facility.
In their regular session on Jan. 25, Engr. Jean Manalaotao of project contractor Bonibal Construction said they did not conduct a soil density test before building the P3.9-million zip line because it was not in their program of work.
The provincial legislators were surprised, according to Majority Floor Leader Vincent H. Piccio III.
“I don’t consider the approval of the provincial ordinance because of the grave danger without the density test,” Piccio said.
The proposed Provincial Ordinance No. 2018-001 intends to regulate the rate of the 680-meter Padlusan zip line in Barangay Tubudan, San Remigio town.
Provincial Engineer Inocencio P. Dajao told the Provincial Board his office visited the site before the construction and found the soil where the foundation of the zip line was erected to be sturdy enough.
The zip line was inaugurated in June 2017.
Dajao also asked the Board members to grant the request for his office to conduct the soil density test, the result of which shall be submitted to them.
Romulo Garcia, a zip line cable installer from High Axess Technical and Safety Consultancy that Bonibal hired, said they used a double cable from Korea with brand-new personal protective equipment from France and Italy.
“As to the safety of the zip line, it is not questionable,” said Garcia, who claimed to have undertaken around 10 similar projects in the Philippines and Qatar.
Despite these, the Board members decided they would first ask the Department of Science and Technology’s Metals Industry Research and Development Center (DOST-MIRDC) to test the materials used for the zip line to determine if they have met safety standards.
DOST-MIRDC’s Engr. Felipe Pachuco and DOST provincial head Abraham R. Fabila said they can conduct the test but it will be “beyond [their] mandate to render opinion” on the safety of the zip line.
Earlier Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (PDRRMO) chief Broderick Train assured the public and the Board members that the zip line is safe.
The PDRRMO and Dajao made an assessment on the zip line’s safety last year. They issued a certificate assuring its safety after the inspection. (PNA)
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