The Pasig City government and the MMDA inaugurated the Ilaya Buting Linear Park last week, on October 8th. This is the city’s third linear park, following improvements made to other similar spaces in past years.
The redeveloped park features a playground, a basketball court, exercise equipment, and restrooms. The MMDA also stated it would look into adding more greenery in the form of a greenhouse or a vertical garden.
Officials from the local government and the MMDA were present at the inauguration. Mayor Vico Sotto of Pasig City said at the ceremony: “We lack playgrounds and parks, and we are always grateful for projects like these where the children and the elderly can play and gather together safely.”
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He added that barangay residents should see the park not as property of the city or the MMDA, but as their own shared space. In turn, he urged residents to take care of the facility as they would their own property, keeping it clean in consideration of others enjoying the park.
The rehabilitation of Ilaya Bunting Linear Park was done under the MMDA’s ‘Green, Green, Green’ program, following a Presidential directive to develop safer and more accessible green spaces for the public. Funding for the park amounted to P24.8 million, part of which came from MMDA’s supplemental fund.
