City acquires P2.5M trash weighing bridge

CEBU, Philippines — After almost two years of not having an operational weighing bridge for garbage hauling, the Cebu City Government has finally acquired a brand new one.

The P2.5-million weighing bridge is completely installed in the service area of the controversial landfill in Barangay Inayawan.

Councilor Eugenio Gabuya Jr., chairman on public services, said that last March, Albatech, supplier of the equipment, started the installation and it was completed last week.

Under the terms of reference set by the city government, the supplier is given at least three months to put up the weighing scale in Inayawan.

In 2017, the city council has set aside P3 million for the procurement of a brand new weighing scale.

Last February 2018, the Bids and Awards Committee (BAC) declared Albatech, a supplier based in Mandaue City, as the winning bidder.

Gabuya said the weighing bridge will be officially functional after the calibration process on Wednesday to be conducted by the Department of Science and Technology.

By then, the city government can utilize its new weighing bridge which is important in the daily hauling operation to check how many tons of trash were disposed at the private landfill in Consolacion.

Since the old weighing scale of the city became unserviceable in June 2016, the city government has assigned two city hall workers to monitor how the private landfill weighs the city's trash using the weighing bridge of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) in Minglanilla town.

Executive Assistant to the Mayor for special projects Randy Navarro said the capacity of the new weighing scale is 60 tons which is 30 tons more than the capacity of the old one.

A turn over ceremony will be held on June 15, 2018. —/MBG (FREEMAN)