THE Metro Pacific group is proposing to build an expressway that will connect Sangley Airport in Cavite to its Manila-Cavite Expressway (CAVITEx).
“Segment 5 is a 9.80 kilometers (km.), 4-lane divided expressway proposed as a replacement to the original Segment 5 alignment which was taken over by the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) and now designated as the Centennial Road,” the project brief from the Manila North Tollways Corp. (MNTC) showed.
The tollway unit of infrastructure giant Metro Pacific Investments Corp. (MPIC) said the proposed link will connect CAVITEx to Rosario, Cavite and the Sangley Airport. Sangley Airport is located in San Antonio, Cavite City, on a peninsula jutting out into Manila Bay.
MNTC said DPWH did not issue an objection letter for the project.
Preparation of the pre-feasibility study is done, while the project proposal to be submitted to the Toll Regulatory Board (TRB) is currently being put together.
In late December, the government rolled out the P552.867-million Sangley Airport Development project, inviting parties to bid for the project that will transfer general aviation services from the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) to Sangley, with the intention of immediately decongesting air traffic in the country’s main gateway. An invitation to pre-qualify to bid for the Sangley Airport project showed the contract involves rehabilitation, an asphalt overlay over the existing runway, reblocking of pavement, construction of ramp and drainage system, the construction of four hangars, a passenger terminal building and other facilities.
“Phase I of the project shall involve the rehabilitation of the existing 2.4 km. runway, construction of ramp, drainage system, four hangars with a floor area of roughly 1,600 sq.m. each, construction of an 800 sq.m. passenger terminal building and with offices and vehicular parking area and other building facilities,” it added.
The approved budget for the contract is P552.867 million -- included in the P3.35-trillion budget for 2017 -- with a project duration of 270 days.
Earlier in December, the Tieng-Sy consortium that earlier proposed a $50-billion project to develop an airport and economic zone off Sangley Point, had a similar proposal to use the Danilo Atienza Air Base in Cavite to immediately decongest the NAIA, while awaiting the construction of a new airport.
All-Asia Resources & Reclamation Corp., (ARRC) -- which teamed up with the Sy family’s Belle Corp. -- said the company resubmitted to the government its P1-billion proposal to redevelop the air base, an unsolicited proposal seen as “more immediate” which was previously part of its Philippine Global Gateway project submitted to the government on Aug. 1.
Last month, MNTC also submitted to the government an unsolicited proposal for an elevated expressway along C-5 road in Quezon City, which is seen to decongest the traffic in the area as it will serve as an alternate route to the North Luzon Expressway (NLEx), bypassing EDSA and the Balintawak toll plaza.
MNTC is a subsidiary of MPIC, which is one of three Philippine subsidiaries of Hong Kong-based First Pacific Co. Ltd., the others being PLDT, Inc. and Philex Mining Corp. Hastings Holdings, Inc. -- a unit of PLDT Beneficial Trust Fund subsidiary MediaQuest Holdings, Inc. -- maintains interest in BusinessWorld through the Philippine Star Group, which it controls. -- I.C.C. Delavin
“Segment 5 is a 9.80 kilometers (km.), 4-lane divided expressway proposed as a replacement to the original Segment 5 alignment which was taken over by the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) and now designated as the Centennial Road,” the project brief from the Manila North Tollways Corp. (MNTC) showed.
The tollway unit of infrastructure giant Metro Pacific Investments Corp. (MPIC) said the proposed link will connect CAVITEx to Rosario, Cavite and the Sangley Airport. Sangley Airport is located in San Antonio, Cavite City, on a peninsula jutting out into Manila Bay.
MNTC said DPWH did not issue an objection letter for the project.
Preparation of the pre-feasibility study is done, while the project proposal to be submitted to the Toll Regulatory Board (TRB) is currently being put together.
In late December, the government rolled out the P552.867-million Sangley Airport Development project, inviting parties to bid for the project that will transfer general aviation services from the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) to Sangley, with the intention of immediately decongesting air traffic in the country’s main gateway. An invitation to pre-qualify to bid for the Sangley Airport project showed the contract involves rehabilitation, an asphalt overlay over the existing runway, reblocking of pavement, construction of ramp and drainage system, the construction of four hangars, a passenger terminal building and other facilities.
“Phase I of the project shall involve the rehabilitation of the existing 2.4 km. runway, construction of ramp, drainage system, four hangars with a floor area of roughly 1,600 sq.m. each, construction of an 800 sq.m. passenger terminal building and with offices and vehicular parking area and other building facilities,” it added.
The approved budget for the contract is P552.867 million -- included in the P3.35-trillion budget for 2017 -- with a project duration of 270 days.
Earlier in December, the Tieng-Sy consortium that earlier proposed a $50-billion project to develop an airport and economic zone off Sangley Point, had a similar proposal to use the Danilo Atienza Air Base in Cavite to immediately decongest the NAIA, while awaiting the construction of a new airport.
All-Asia Resources & Reclamation Corp., (ARRC) -- which teamed up with the Sy family’s Belle Corp. -- said the company resubmitted to the government its P1-billion proposal to redevelop the air base, an unsolicited proposal seen as “more immediate” which was previously part of its Philippine Global Gateway project submitted to the government on Aug. 1.
Last month, MNTC also submitted to the government an unsolicited proposal for an elevated expressway along C-5 road in Quezon City, which is seen to decongest the traffic in the area as it will serve as an alternate route to the North Luzon Expressway (NLEx), bypassing EDSA and the Balintawak toll plaza.
MNTC is a subsidiary of MPIC, which is one of three Philippine subsidiaries of Hong Kong-based First Pacific Co. Ltd., the others being PLDT, Inc. and Philex Mining Corp. Hastings Holdings, Inc. -- a unit of PLDT Beneficial Trust Fund subsidiary MediaQuest Holdings, Inc. -- maintains interest in BusinessWorld through the Philippine Star Group, which it controls. -- I.C.C. Delavin
