MMDA backs Cainta mayor’s drainage plan to reduce flooding

‘A lot of catching up to do’: Council gives early approval for new flooding plan

Final stormwater management plan, completed by Greenland Consulting Engineers, came before councillors this week for more than two hours of feedback and discussion

MMDA backs Cainta mayor’s drainage plan to reduce flooding

Cainta, Rizal Mayor Keith Nieto said Thursday, Aug. 13, that flooding in the municipality could be reduced by about 45 percent if a proposed drainage interceptor project along Marcos Highway is completed, with construction expected to begin this year.Nieto said he had previously discussed the plan with a senator, whom he did not name, and proposed the drainage interceptor along Marcos Highway that would divert water directly to the Marikina Rive…