Does look like

A little over 3 million pesos was spent to carry out the 3-week project carried out by over 600 workers that reinforced the structure where it had collapsed or otherwise been weakened, repaired all the seating and shading, repaired and resurfaced the entire pier and the 4 docking platforms. Part of the work was actually the first step towards the permanent repairs. All the work was carried out by local engineers and workers.

Never have I seen our public money spent so well. Apparently there was no graft, kickbacks or other shenanigans that normally typify so many of our public projects. This suggests a sea change in the way our state government operates (since this was a hastily arranged state project).

The pier now meets international safety standards required to land cruise ship tenders and to receive cruise ship passengers.

In comparison, one and a half million pesos were alleged to have been spent (at least on paper) for the two temporary bridges built over the collapsed part of the pier by our previous mayor who in his annual "State of the Municipality" speech declared the new pier a done deal, so convincingly that thousands of locals actually were surprised to walk down to the pier and see nothing had been done except to let it deteriorate.