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00:00The one who designed the Cabagan-Santa Maria Bridge in Isabela should be held accountable for its collapse, according to President Bongbong Marcos.
00:09Aside from the design of the bridge, the President also approved a reduction in the amount of funds allocated to the project.
00:15Witness, Ian Cruz.
00:21Believe me, we will find out who is responsible.
00:24On the wrong day of the design, the amount of funds was reduced.
00:27These are the words of President Bongbong Marcos when he inspected the Cabagan-Santa Maria Bridge in Isabela.
00:32It was handed over on February 27, less than a month after its opening.
00:37Who is responsible is basically who made the design.
00:40Because their design is poor.
00:42The funding was supposed to be, the project cost is 1.8 billion.
00:48So it was reduced under 1 billion to make it cheaper.
00:52So the design is really weak.
00:54One of the things he pointed out was the wrong use of materials to support the bridge.
00:59Like what TPWH said earlier, instead of using steel, he used solid, direct steel.
01:05This is the only suspension bridge that I have seen in the whole world that is not wired.
01:11And that is the one that gave the steel.
01:16If it is wired, it should not be given.
01:19After the initial savings, the cost of the project decreased to P900 million.
01:24But because the design is weak, it had to be retrofitted.
01:28That is why the cost increased to P1.2 billion.
01:31Why refit?
01:33When the construction started, we already saw that it was moving, that it was weak.
01:37That is why it had to be returned and refitted.
01:40So the whole process is, the whole process, the construction is okay.
01:46Up to specifications, they did it.
01:48But the specifications are wrong.
01:50So this is a design problem.
01:53Now, it will be spent again because the bridge needs to be refitted.
01:57And it seems that the savings will be useless according to the President.
02:01Our savings are useless.
02:02Now, we will go back.
02:04We will spend a lot again.
02:06It's like we built a new bridge.
02:09According to the project manager, they did a good job on the bridge approved by TPWH.
02:15There are some contesting.
02:16So you will not be satisfied if you put it there without quality control.
02:22One of the problems is the movement of Pier 8, which is one of the posts under the bridge.
02:29But that is included in the retrofit.
02:31A third party will review the construction.
02:34And they come up with the retrofitting works.
02:37It seems that there is a tilting.
02:39I can not further explain.
02:42According to TPWH, the materials used are not substandard.
02:47As to substandard, there are tests done during construction.
02:52That is what I was told and seen.
02:55In the House of Representatives, there are resolutions calling for an investigation on the construction.
03:01According to the President, they will find out who is responsible for the wrong design of the Cabagan-Santa Maria Bridge,
03:08if it collapsed.
03:10But for now, it is important to fix the broken bridge.
03:15For GMA Integrated News, I am Ian Cruz, your witness.