QC mayor flags P17B DPWH projects over lack of permits

Quezon City Mayor Joy Belmonte disclosed that out of 331 DPWH flood control projects implemented in the city from 2022 to 2025, only two received the required certificate of coordination.

These projects received a total allocation of over P17 billion, with 305 flagged as not aligned with the city's drainage master plan.

Mayor Belmonte noted that many projects were not in the original DPWH budget, suggesting possible congressional insertions.

The city's District 4 received the highest allocation at P5.7 billion, which included four projects funded through foreign loans.

The Quezon City government has submitted a full report on its investigation into alleged anomalies within Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) projects to the Independent Commission on Infrastructure (ICI).

Mayor Belmonte pledged full cooperation with the ICI, which was created by President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. to investigate corruption in flood control projects over the last decade.