By ROY C. MABASA
The government will flatten all buildings in the most affected areas in Marawi City to give way to the construction of new infrastructures around the area which was recently devastated by terrorists.
Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque Jr. laid down the plan during the conduct of the first “Bangon Marawi” press briefing in Marawi City.
Among those being planned are a two to four lane highways, underground electric cables and a promenade along the Agus River which will become a prime tourist attraction.
Roque also disclosed that President Duterte is set to visit Marawi again in the middle of December to lead the distribution of 500 units of houses built by government for the evacuees.
Roque said the government, through Bangon Marawi chair Eduardo del Rosario is currently in the process of conducting post conflict assessment to determine how much will it take to rebuild Marawi by January 2018.
The estimate or the final figure is expected to be finished by March 2018.
Roque adds they have already identified about 200 to 250 hectares of land previously described as “ground zero” but will now be known as the most affected area which is home to 24 barangays.
Meanwhile, the government will build a total of 6,300 temporary housing units in an area about 3.5 kilometers away from the most affected area.
On top of that, Roque also said some 2,700 permanent housing will also be built for those families who did not have homes prior to the siege.