DAVAO City — Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio has issued a warning to the developer behind a skyscraper project here that it only has five days to dismantle a crane said to have caused disruption of commercial flight operations.
“If they don’t follow our mandate to put down the crane, the government will do it at their expense,” said Duterte-Carpio said.
“I told them that if you will not take it down within five days, that building will never open in Davao City. You can never, never, conduct business in Davao City using that building,” she said.
Duterte-Carpio issued the warning few hours after Aeon Towers project manager Engineer Buboy Espinosa was grilled by councilors Tuesday morning during their regular session at the Sanguniang Panlungsod.
At the session, Vice Mayor Paolo Duterte lambasted its developer, FTC Group of Companies Corporation, for not taking immediate actions even after they have received notices from the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (Caap) to have remove or lower their boom cranes as early as February this year.
Franklin Anota Sr., air traffic section chief of Caap-Davao, said that in January 2017 they have recorded the first incident of flight “misapproach” due to Aeon Tower’s existing cranes that obstruct air traffic.
The obstruction has also been pointed to why many flights had experienced delays, explained Anota.
“What we are asking on the LGU is to give us a little time because dismantling of tower crane is not easy since its parts are heavy and can’t be lifted by ordinary equipment,” Espinosa said.
Espinosa vowed that on or before Oct. 30, the cranes’ highest arms (critical points) will be detached and the dismantling of the equipment’s other parts will follow. (davaotoday.com)
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