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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 10, 1992

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INVOLVED REMOVING LOOSE MATERIAL, CUTTING THE SLOPE TO A SAFE ANGLE,

APPLYING A PROTECTIVE CONCRETE SURFACING AND DIVERTING SURFACE WATER DRAINAGE.

THE PRELIMINARY WORKS WITHSTOOD THE HEAVY RAINFALL ON JUNE 6

AND 7 SATISFACTORILY.

DESIGN OF PERMANENT SLOPE STABILISATION WORK IS IN HAND.

IT IS EXPECTED THAT WORKS WILL INVOLVE THE CONSTRUCTION OF PROTECTIVE WALLS ADJACENT TO THE SOUTHERN BOUNDARY OF BLOCK 26 AND ΑΤ' VICTORIA ROAD AS WELL AS THE RECONSTRUCTION OF THE DRAINAGE SYSTEM BELOW VICTORIA ROAD.

THE LANDSLIDE SCAR ON THE NATURAL HILLSIDE WILL BE STABILISED BY REMOVING LOOSE MATERIAL AND PROVIDING DRAINAGE AND EROSION PROTECTION MEASURES.

PERMANENT STABILISATION WORK WILL ALSO BE REQUIRED AT THE

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THE COSTS OF ALL THESE WORKS WILL BE BORNE BY THE GOVERNMENT.

THE REPORT STATED THAT GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERS HAD EXAMINED THE WHOLE LANDSLIDE SCAR AND CONCLUDED THAT AT TIMES OF EXCEPTIONAL RAINFALL SOME FURTHER SMALL SLIPS COULD OCCUR.

HOWEVER, THESE WOULD NEITHER AFFECT THE STABILITY OF THE BLOCKS WHICH HAVE BEEN REOCCUPIED NOR WOULD THEY POSE SIGNIFICANT RISKS то RESIDENTS.

PART OF THE NON-RESIDENTIAL AREA OF BLOCK 26 AND A NUMBER OF APPARTMENTS IN BLOCKS 43 AND 44 WILL REMAIN CLOSED UNTIL PROTECTIVE WORKS HAVE BEEN COMPLETED.

THE INVESTIGATIONS SO FAR HAVE CONCENTRATED ON ESTABLISHING THE SEQUENCE OF EVENTS JUST BEFORE AND DURING THE LANDSLIDE.

PHOTOGRAPHS PROVIDED BY THE RESIDENTS OF BAGUIO VILLA ARE PLAYING A CRUCIAL PART IN RECONSTRUCTING THE PRECISE MECHANISM OF COLLAPSE OF THE WALL. ANALYSIS AND FURTHER DOCUMENTATION OF THE GEOTECHNICAL DATA ARE NOW UNDERWAY AND IT IS EXPECTED THAT IT WILL TAKE A FURTHER SIX TO EIGHT WEEKS TO COMPLETE THE STUDY AND PRODUCE DETAILED REPORT.

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