By Ercel Maandig/PNA
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY — The city government is in talks with the United Nation Habitat (UN-Habitat) for an initiative to create large open spaces that are environment-friendly and disaster-resilient.
“Project Lunhaw” (green) is an urban design project under the UN-Habitat’s Building Climate Resiliency through Urban Plans and Designs (BCRUPD Project- UN Habitat), according to UN-Habitat Country Program Manager Cris Rollo in an interview on Friday.
Rollo said the UN-Habitat is looking at partnering with the city government in developing large open spaces from Duaw Park (the riverside park near the compound of City Hall) going downstream near Maharlika Bridge, including the site where the old amphitheater stands.
These sites, he said, could soon become urban-friendly recreational attractions.
Chedilyn Aissa Dulguime, BCRUPD Project-UN Habitat city coordinator, presented Project Lunhaw’s overview during a meeting with the City Development Council presided over by Mayor Oscar Moreno last week.
Dulguime said the presentation was meant to provide local officials, stakeholders, and urban planners a better grasp on the proposed project’s potentials in transforming the city’s unused spaces.
These urban spaces, she said, can be converted into modern recreational areas suitable for picnics, biking, jogging and other activities.
“The proposed areas…will be developed into climate-resilient areas where trees, shrubs, flowers and grass are grown in order to provide fresh air, shade and lush greeneries,” Rollo said.
