Construction ban in Boracay to be implemented

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DENR secretary Lito Atienza will be drafting and implementing an environmental plan to save Boracay island from destruction caused by construction projects all over.  Atienza’s plan includes a comprehensive strategy to maintain air and water quality and solid waste and flood control.  The final master plan will be presented to all resort holders property holders engaged in new developments Boracay, before being shown to the Department of Tourism, the Philippine Tourism Authority, and the committee formed by President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo to look over developments in the island.  Atienza says Mayor  Ciceron Cawaling already agreed to put a halt on all construction before the environmental plans get implemented.

 

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