Ayala-SM Group’s proposed C3 Expressway encounters hitches

The Department of Public Works and Highways has cited a possible alignment problem with the unsolicited proposal submitted by AC Infrastructure Holdings Corp. and SM Investments Corp. to build the P23.7 billion C3 elevated expressway.

Alex Bote, director of the DPWH Public-Private Partnership Service, said there was some conflict in the alignment of the planned C3 expressway that will connect cities of Manila, Makati and Pasay, with the C3 Missing Link Project.

“We’re not sure if they’re revising the proposal. We will declare completeness of the review once they have threshed out the problem, “ Bote said.

The elevated toll road will run from Sta. Mesa, Manila up to the Mall of Asia complex in Pasay City.

AC Infrastructure and SMIC offered to construct and operate the proposed 8.6 kilometer C3 for a period of 35 years.

The C3 Missing Link project, on the other hand, involves the construction of a 5.22 km six-lane road that will connect the end of existing C3 Road in N.Domingo St. in San Juan to Buendia Ave. in Makati City.

According to the Ayala-SM Group, C3 will provide an alternative to Edsa, which is now congested and improve access to the Manila Bay development areas, the Makati central business district and the cities of Mandaluyong, San Juan and Manila.

http://bilyonaryo.com.ph/2018/08/22/ayala-sm-groups-proposed-c3-expressway-encounters-hitches/

C3 Expressway in conflict with another project—DPWH official

The unsolicited proposal by AC Infrastructure Holdings Corp. and SM Investments Corp. to build the P23.7-billion Circumferential Road 3 Elevated Expressway has an alignment conflict with another expressway project, according to the Public Works Department.

Alex Bote, director of DPWH Public-Private Partnership Service, said the planned  8.6-kilometer C3 Expressway that would pass the Ayala central business district and connect cities of Manila, Makati, and Pasay, would have a conflict in terms of alignment with the C3 Missing Link Project.

The C3 Missing Link is among the 75 high-impact infrastructure flagship projects approved by the National Economic and Development Authority.

“We’re not sure if they’re revising the proposal. It has a minor conflict with C3 Missing link. This is unsolicited, everything will come from the proponent. We will declare completeness [review] once it is clean,” Bote said.

AC Infrastructure, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Ayala Corp. and SM Investments Corp., submitted their proposal to the Public Works Department to design, finance, construct, operate and maintain for a period of 35 years the proposed C3 Elevated Expressway.

The elevated toll road will run about 8.6 kilometers from Sta. Mesa, Manila to the Mall of Asia complex in Pasay City.

The proponents said C3 Expressway would provide an alternative to Edsa, which was now congested, and improve access to the Manila Bay development areas, the Makati central business district and the cities of Mandaluyong, San Juan and Manila.

The project would have five interchanges located in Sta. Mesa, the Circuit Makati, Ayala-Gil Puyat, Roxas Boulevard and SM Mall of Asia complex.

Meanwhile, Bote said the Japan International Cooperation Agency was set to complete the feasibility study for the C3 Missing Link Project this year.

The P10.3-billion C3 Missing Link project involves the construction of a 5.22-km six-lane road that will connect the end of existing C3 Road at N. Domingo St. in San Juan City to Buendia Ave., Makati City.

The project includes the construction of a 1.19-km four-lane elevated double-deck road, a 0.63-km six-lane road, a 2.98-km six-lane elevated single deck road, a 0.42-km six-lane road, service roads, intersections, culverts and related infrastructure and the installation of signaling systems.

http://www.thestandard.com.ph/business/transport-tourism/273659/c3-expressway-in-conflict-with-another-project-dpwh-official.html

MRT 7 project showcases DOTr’s incompetence, once again!

LIFE’S INSPIRATIONS: “… Yet to all who did receive Him, to those who believed in His name, He gave the right to become children of God— children born not of natural descent, nor of human decision or a husband’s will, but born of God…” (John 1:12-13, the Holy Bible)

MRT 7 PROJECT SHOWCASES DOTr’S INCOMPETENCE, ONCE AGAIN: It cannot be denied, many of those who serve in government, particularly in agencies that have, unfortunately, something to do with public works projects worth trillions or billions of pesos, the Department of Transportation (DOTr) now under the controversial Secretary Arthur Tugade included, have serious mental issues affecting their capability to uphold the interest and welfare of the country and its people.

Let us take the MRT 7 project as an example. Now, it is facing serious problems because there is a great obstacle towards its completion, simply because the purchase by the government of the parcel of land which would be used as a depot has not been finalized yet. Imagine, the DOTr is now spending billons for this MRT 7 project despite the fact that it has not perfected yet the purchase of the land to be used as a depot!

The DOTr is trying to pass the blame to a judge in Malolos City, allegedly because he allowed the owner of the land to be paid by the government an additional P510 million for his property. In the face of all these, it is the DOTr which should be blamed and castigated, for yet another display of incompetence and inefficiency. How on earth did it decide to start the MRT 7 project, spending billions in government funds already, even if a prime portion of it, the land for the depot, had not been acquired yet?

JESUS IS THE “MIGHTY GOD, EVERLASTING FATHER” ACCORDING TO ISAIAH 7:14, 9:6:  It is indeed gratifying to see that many Bible scholars around the world accept the position that a prophecy made in Isaiah 9:6 of the Bible, made some 700 years before Jesus was born, got fulfilled when Jesus was born to Mary, the virgin mother, in a humble manger in Bethlehem.

What this means is that, all the experts and authorities on the Bible are one in the belief that the baby boy referred to in Isaias 9:6, Jesus, is the “Might God, Everlasting Father” Himself. This means that Jesus is God and Savior, and is God the Father, Son and Holy Spirit. Happily, this is the same belief espoused by the Children of God Blood Kin of the Christ Church (or AND KNK, Simbahang Anak ng Diyos Kadugo Ni Kristo).

Isaiah 9:6 is definitely a mere continuation of Isaiah 7:14, where it was prophesied that the event involving the virgin and

her baby boy would be signs from God the Father Himself. Isaiah 9:6 explains what, or who, is the baby boy that Isaiah 7:14 mentioned—- the boy that was conceived, and given birth to, as a man with flesh and blood, by a virgin woman, who is a human being, too. Isaiah 9:6 says that this baby boy is  the “Mighty God, Everlasting Father”, no more no less.


BP 22 ON BOUNCING CHECKS: This is a question from someone who sought legal assistance from “Bitag ni Ben Tulfo”: “Does a person who issued a check that bounced, because that person lost his work and his ability to pay, still have any liability? In our case, the payee of the check and I entered into a new agreement that would allow me to pay the amount of the checks that bounced monthly, at a great lower sum. Does this agreement have any effect on the checks that bounced?”

Here was the answer of the LAWYERS IN THE LIGHT (o Lawyers Instructed on Godliness, Humility, and Truth): First, whenever a check bounces or is dishonored for lack of funds, criminal liability attaches to the issuer immediately. As long as the check bounced, the drawer or issuer becomes liable for Batas Pambansa 22, for bouncing checks.

However, since the drawer and the payee of the check that bounced entered into a new agreement allowing the drawer to instead pay the check in some way or another (either cash or installment), the drawer’s criminal liability is deemed to have been extinguished, because of what is known as a “novation of contract”. The new agreement whereby the drawer will instead pay for the value of the bounced checks gives rise to a new agreement.

FOR QUESTIONS, REACTIONS: If anyone would like to ask me any question about what the burning issues of the  day mean, or what we have discussed here, or to consult on any problem, whatever it may be, please call 0917 984 24 68, or email me at batasmauricio@yahoo.com, or post your concerns at www.facebook.com/attybatas.  Promise, I will answer right away. Thank God in the Name of Jesus, Amen! (By Atty. Batas Mauricio) -30-

San Miguel may get go signal for TPLEx extension by next month

THE DEPARTMENT of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) said it is looking to give San Miguel Corp. (SMC) by next month the original proponent status (OPS) for its proposal to extend the Tarlac-Pangasinan-La Union Expressway (TPLEx).

“Sa TPLEx malapit na kami magbigay ng OPS…. Maximum siguro is next month [We’re giving the OPS to TPLEx soon…. Maybe the maximum is next month],” DPWH Public-Private Partnership (PPP) Director Alex G. Bote told reporters on Thursday.

In February, SMC submitted to the government a P23.948-billion unsolicited proposal to build a 59.4-kilometer toll road extending the TPLEx from Rosario, La Union to San Juan, La Union.

The extension has three sections, namely Rosario to Tubao, Tubao to Naguilian, then Naguilian to San Juan.

DPWH Build, Build, Build Committee Chairperson Anna Mae Y. Lamentillo told reporters on Friday that while the proposal for the extension is still under review, they are positive the third phase of the original alignment of TPLEx will be completed by 2019.

“We’re confident that we would be able to finish or to open the entire alignment by next year,” she said.

The original alignment of the 89.31-kilometer TPLEx is divided into three segments: the stretch from Tarlac City to Rosales, Pangasinan; then from there to Urdaneta City, Pangasinan; then from there to Rosario, La Union.

Right of way acquisition and construction of a portion of the third section is on-going. The third section, which stretches from Pozorrubio in Pangasinan to Rosario in La Union, is scheduled to open in June 2019.

SMC is also the government’s private concessionaire for the TPLEx project. — Denise A. Valdez

http://www.bworldonline.com/san-miguel-may-get-go-signal-for-tplex-extension-by-next-month/

SMC may get original proponent status for extension of TPLEx

THE public works department may grant next month the original proposal status to San Miguel Corp. (SMC) for its unsolicited proposal for the extension of the Tarlac-Pangasinan-La Union Expressway (TPLEx), a government official said.

Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Officer in Charge for public-private partnerships (PPP) Alex G. Bote said his group is nearing the completion of the due diligence it is conducting for the review of the multibillion-peso proposal of San Miguel.

“We are nearing the granting of the original proponent status for the TPLEx extension. The maximum time to do it is maybe next month,” he said in an interview.  A document from the web site of the DPWH showed San Miguel submitted a P23.95-billion proposal for a three-segment extension of TPLEx, all the way to San Juan, La Union.

The project involves a 59.4-kilometer four-lane toll road, which will start from the last exit of the TPLEx in Rosario, La Union, and will terminate at San Juan, La Union.  It is divided into the following segments: Rosario-Tubao (18 km), Tubao-Naguilian (23 km) and Naguilian-San Juan (18.4 km).

The proposal was submitted on February 14 this year.

San Miguel is the concessionaire for the TPLEx.

https://businessmirror.com.ph/smc-may-get-original-proponent-status-for-extension-of-tplex/

Government set to approve TPLEx extension to San Juan

The Public Works Department is expected to grant the original proponent status to San Miguel Holdings Corp. for the P23.95-billion extension of Tarlac-Pangasinan-La Union Expressway to San Juan, La Union next month.
“Maximum of next month, we will issue OPS for TPLEx extension,” Alex Bote, director of DPWH Public-Private Partnership, said.

San Miguel’s unsolicited project involves a 59.4-kilometer four-lane toll road starting from the exit of TPLEx in Rosario to San Juan.  The Rosario section of the expressway is expected to be completed this year, while its Pozorrubio section opened in December 2017.

The extension project would be divided into three segments, with the first segment spanning 18 km from Rosario to Tubao.  The second segment will stretch 23 km from Tubao to Naguilian and the last segment will run 18.4 km from Naguilian to San Juan.

San Miguel said the project aimed to promote the development of Northern Luzon and facilitate connectivity to Central Luzon and Metro Manila through high-speed and secured access.

San Miguel-led Private Infra Dev Corp. holds the concession for TPLEx, an 88.85-km, four-lane, high-speed toll road that connects Northern Luzon to Manila. It is designed to integrate with other major toll roads such as North Luzon Expressway and Subic-Clark-Tarlac Expressway. 

The construction of TPLEx began in 2010 in three phases. The first was completed in April 2014, running from Tarlac City to Carmen, Pangasinan.

The second stretching from Carmen to Urdaneta was completed in December 2014. The third section from Urdaneta to Rosario, La Union is expected to be completed in 2018.

TPLEx reduced travel time from Tarlac City to Gerona from 45 minutes to 10 minutes, benefitting 8,000 vehicles per day.

It reduced travel time from Tarlac City to Paniqui, Tarlac from one hour to 15 minutes and the travel time from Tarlac to Rosales from two hours to 30 minutes.

It also cut travel time from Tarlac to Urdaneta from two hours to 30 minutes and the travel time from Tarlac to Rosario from 3.5 hours to one hour.

http://manilastandard.net/business/transport-tourism/273579/government-set-to-approve-tplex-extension-to-san-juan.html