Building new and improved facilities are one of the ways City Economic Enterprise and Development Office (CEEDO) jumpstarts its income-generating projects as the revenue generation arm of LGU Koronadal.
While the city’s income amenably dropped through the 2nd quarter of 2020 mainly due to the COVID-19 pandemic, CEEDO is optimistic to bounce back through its continuous development of projects to help stall owners and tenants attain better and cleaner space.
Residents of Koronadal may soon conveniently shop at the new “Mallengke”, undergoing its completion phase. With the initial budget of 51 million for the first and second phase and the additional 40 million for the third phase recently funded by Dumper Partylist and DILG, the new wet market building is fully equipped with comfort rooms, elevators, and a mezzanine. Stall occupants razed by the fire incident last 2017 will be prioritized for tenancy, while the refreshments section will occupy the building’s mezzanine for food safety and customer’s comfort.
City Economic and Development Officer Judith L. Amido said that their office has yet to coordinate with DPWH to set the final details of the setup for the occupying vendors.“Mag meeting pa kita sa DPWH.. to see to it nga atong completion, matabo gid. Once the public market will be turned over to us, functional na siya”, Amido said.
More of these infrastructures are additional multipurpose building, fencing, and proposed drainage canal in Chinatown worth 36 million in total. A new cemetery and crematorium will also be underway for Koronadaleños, currently complying necessary environmental permit for the site, situated at Barangay Mabini.
Meanwhile, CEEDO is taking advantage of the reduced activity at the city terminal to add construction and landscaping improvements. A 9-M pavement concreting project is currently under negotiation by the Department of Budget and Management and the city’s Special Projects Unit.
All projects are simultaneously in process. Priorities like the construction in Chinatown is expected to be completed by December 2020, and Mallengke is expected to be finished and fully utilized by the public by 1st quarter of 2021.