Bombardier to supply 396 metro cars to Singapore

SINGAPORE: Land Transport Authority has ordered 66 six-car trainsets for the North-South and East-West lines from Bombardier.

The contract announced on July 25 is worth S$827m. The value would rise to S$1·2bn if an option is exercised for service support for their design life of 30 years. The rolling stock would replace the 66 trains that have been in service on the two lines since they opened in 1987.

Deliveries from Bombardier’s Changchun factory are due to begin in 2021. The trains will be designed in Germany, with design co-ordination to be led by Bombardier’s team in Singapore.

Interior features would include more multi-function spaces, with tip-up seats. The trains would also be fitted with sensors for condition-based predictive maintenance, and a self-test system that automatically checks whether a train is fit for operation before commencing service. Four of the trains will be fitted with automatic track inspection equipment.

Bombardier is to establish a centre of excellence in Singapore with local partners. The aim is to bring local sub-suppliers to provide obsolescence management and maintenance support more easily.

Cavite-Tagaytay-Batangas Expressway up for NEDA panel approval

If the proposed CTBEX is approved, the Department of Public Works and Highways says construction might start next year and be completed by 2022

The proposed 50.42-kilometer Cavite-Tagaytay-Batangas Expressway (CTBEX) is moving forward with the awarding of the original proponent status to Metro Pacific Tollways Corporation (MPTC) South.

On Thursday, July 26, the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) announced it had granted the status to MPTC South, an infrastructure unit of Metro Pacific Investments Corporation (MPIC).

The company had submitted the unsolicited CTBEX proposal to the government.

Under the country's build-operate-transfer (BOT) and procurement laws, the government deals with unsolicited proposals through a Swiss challenge. This is when the government invites private groups to make competing offers, while giving the original proponent the right to match them.

Now that the original proponent status for the CTBEX has been awarded, Public Works Secretary Mark Villar said they have to seek the approval of the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) Investment Coordination Committee (ICC).

If the NEDA ICC approves the project, it would go to the NEDA Board, chaired by President Rodrigo Duterte. Once the NEDA Board gives the go signal, a Swiss challenge can be conducted in the 2nd quarter of 2019.

"We expect to start construction by next year. This year, we are going to the NEDA ICC process. Once we go to the Swiss challenge, we start with the project," Villar told reporters.

The project is estimated to cost P22 billion, including right-of-way acquisitions. The DPWH expects the construction to be completed by 2022.

The CTBEX will start at the Silang East Interchange of the Cavite-Laguna Expressway (CALAX).

It will have 8 major interchanges traversing Silang, Amadeo, Tagaytay City, Mendez, Alfonso, and Magallanes in Cavite; and Tuy and Nasugbu in Batangas.

The CTBEX is expected to help decongest Aguinaldo Highway in Cavite and the Tagaytay-Nasugbu Road, potentially diverting some 23,000 vehicles.

Once completed, travel time from Governor's Drive in Dasmariñas City, Cavite to Nasugbu, Batangas would be cut down to 44 minutes from the usual one hour and 42 minutes, while Sta Rosa City, Laguna to Tagaytay City would only take 46 minutes.

Travel time from Manila to Tagaytay would also be reduced from two and a half hours to around an hour.

https://www.rappler.com/business/208252-cavite-tagaytay-batangas-expressway-for-neda-panel-approval

MPTC’s Cavite-Tagaytay-Batangas expressway project gets OPS

In photo are DPWH Undersecretary for planning and PPP Maria Catalina Cabral, DPWH Secretary Mark Villar, and president and CEO of Metro Pacific Tollways South Luigi Bautista.

The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) yesterday granted the original proponent status (OPS) to the 50.42-kilometer Cavite-Tagaytay-Batangas Expressway (CTBEx) project of Metro Pacific Tollways Corp. (MPTC).

“This is one of the first projects we will grant OPS for DPWH in this administration. This is a sign that the Build Build Build of our President is all systems go,” Public Works Secretary Mark Villar said.

Villar said the project was given the OPS because of its significance in addressing congestion in the CALABARZON area.

“Travel time going to Tagaytay and Nasugbu from Manila will be cut short so this will really help ease congestion,” he said.

The P22.43 billion CTBEx will connect from the west of Silang East Interchange of the Cavite Laguna Expressway and will pass through Silang, Pook, Amadeo, Tagaytay, Mendez, Alfonso, Magallanes, Tuy and Nasugbu.

The project was conceived in early 2016 in line with MPTC’s desire and commitment to help bring progress to the western part of Southern Luzon.

 “This awarding of the OPS status of CTBEx is just the beginning, we are cognizant that this proposal will still be subject to NEDA approval, successful negotiation with DPWH on the terms of the concession and lastly, a Swiss challenge. All of which should be completed by the second quarter of 2019, and subject to the acquisition of the right of way; 2020 is the target date of construction,” said Luigi Bautista, president and CEO of Metro Pacific Tollways South, a business unit of MPTC.

 “Once completed, CTBEx will be the preferred route for motorists going to Tagaytay and Nasugbu from Manila and vice versa as this will seamlessly connect to CALAEx and CAVITEx,” Bautista said.

MPT South is currently constructing the Cavite Laguna Expressway which will connect to CAVITEx and the C5-Southlink that will enable transfers from Laguna, Cavite, Manila, Las Piñas, Parañaque and Taguig to be seamless.

LRT fare hike should wait for 'right time,' says Sec. Villar

Public Works Secretary Mark Villar said Thursday he is not in favor of hiking LRT fares "at this time" as the country grapples with rising inflation.

The operator of the LRT-1 has been asking for a P5 hike in fares to fund the extension of Manila's oldest light rail system to Parañaque and Cavite.

But Villar, who sits on the board of the Light Rail Transit Authority (LRTA) that approves fare hikes, said the government needed to weigh the operator's appeal against the "public interest."

"Maybe now is not the best time for these spikes in prices," Villar said in an interview with ANC.

He said the fare hike can be negotiated, moved to a later time, or implemented on a staggered basis to ease its impact on the public.

The Light Rail Manila Corporation, which operates the LRT-1, has said that the P5 fare hike is needed to convince banks to lend to the firm and fund the line's extension.

Metro Pacific Tollways South gets original proponent status for CTBEx

SILANG, Cavite — The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) awarded Metro Pacific Tollways South the original proponent status for proposing to build a P22.43-billion tollroad connecting Silang and Tagaytay in Cavite to Nasugbu, Batangas or CTBEx.

The 50.42-kilometer Cavite-Tagaytay-Batangas Expressway (CBTEx) will connect the West Silang Interchange of the ongoing Cavite-Laguna Expressway to Tagaytay City and Nasugbu.

It will have eight main interchanges including Silang East, Pook, Aguinaldo, Amadeo, Mendez, Alfonso, Magallanes, and Nasugbu; and two spur roads.

The project is estimated to cost P22.43 billion.

Public Works Secretary Mark Villar said the project will be submitted to the National Economic and Development Authority-Investment Coordination Committee (NEDA-ICC) then to the NEDA Board—chaired by President Rodrigo Duterte—for approval.

Once approved, it will be go through a Swiss Challenge.

All due diligence, including the Swisss Challenge, will be completed within the year, Villar noted.

“We expect to start construction by next year,” Villar told reporters on the sidelines of the awarding ceremony.

MPT South will seek financing from lenders once it gets the final award to proceed with the project, MPT South president and CEO Luigi Bautista said

The CTBEx project is expected to ease traffic congestion along Aguinaldo Highway and the Tagaytay-Nasugbu road.

MPT South chief financial officer Christopher Dizo said the company expects to open at least two sections of the CTBEx by year 2022.

Travel time will be shortened along Governor’s Drive to Nasugbu, where the usual trip of one hour and 42 minutes will be shortened to 44 minutes; and the Sta. Rosa to Tagay route, where the usual travel time of two hours will be shortened to 46 minutes.

Villar said the project will boost tourism in Tagaytay and Nasugbu.

The construction phase will provide 2,500 to 3,000 job opportunities

Metro Pacific Tollways South Management Corp. is the business unit of Metro Pacific Tollways Corp. (MPTC) for projects in southern Luzon.

MPTC is the infrastructure arm of Pangilinan-led Metro Pacific Investments Corp. —VDS, GMA News

http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/money/companies/661949/metro-pacific-tollways-south-get-original-proponent-status-for-ctbex/story/?just_in

NAIAx’s BGC extension to start this year —DPWH’s Villar

The plan to extend the Ninoy Aquino International Airport Expressway (NAIAx) all the way to Bonifacio Global City in Taguig is expected to start later this year, Public Works Secretary Mark Villar said on Thursday.

“We’re planning it now, we’re coordinating with the concessionaire,” Villar told reporters in an interview here.

Asked when the construction of the ramp connecting the elevated tollroad to BGC will actually start, Villar said there is no specific date so far.

“We don’t have an exact date pa pero within the year.”

The Department of Public Works and Highways plans to extend the 7.7-kilometer elevated expressway to BGC and ease traffic congestion along the adjacent Sales Road in Pasay City.

Complimentary to the NAIAx extension is the ongoing road widening of Lawton Ave., also called Fort Bonifacio-Nichols Field Road, is in preparation for building the ramp to the elevated tollroad.

The NAIA Expressway is built and operated by conglomerate San Miguel Corp. under a 30-year concession agreement awarded in 2013.

The elevated tollroad became fully operational in June 2017. —VDS, GMA News

DPWH to give original proponent status to MPT South for P22.43-billion CTBEx

DPWH to give original proponent status to MPT South for P22.43-billion CTBEx

THE public works department has scheduled for Thursday the award of the original proponent status to Metro Pacific Tollways South Corp. (MPT South) of the P22.43-billion Cavite-Tagaytay-Batangas Expressway (CTBEx) unsolicited proposal.

Based on a media advisory, the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) will finally award the said status to the Metro Pacific Investments Corp. (MPIC) unit on July 26, with ceremonies prepared in Silang, Cavite.

Being granted an original proponent status will give the proponent a competitive advantage against its would-be competitors during the competitive challenge for the project.

Under the implementing rules and regulations of the build-operate-transfer law, the government must place unsolicited proposals to a Swiss challenge  which, in a nutshell, is a legal process of inviting other groups to bid for an unsolicited deal.

The original proponent then has the right to submit a counteroffer.

Public Works Secretary Mark A. Villar is expected to lead the agency’s delegation, while Metro Pacific Tollways Corp. President Rodrigo E. Franco and MPT South President Jose Luigi L. Bautista will receive the said document from the government.

Other Cabinet officials and local government executives are expected to join the ceremonies on Thursday.

The agency earlier aimed to officially subject the CTBEx proposal to a Swiss challenge as early as the first half of 2018.

But given the movement of the proposal, it may seem the timeline for the Swiss challenge will have to be pushed back a little further.

After receiving the original proponent status, the company and the implementing agency will then enter into an exclusive negotiations process to further polish the offer to be more beneficial to the state and the public.

The offer will then be subject to the approval of several bodies under the National Economic and Development Authority (Neda), including the Neda Board, which is chaired by President Duterte.

Once it gets the green light from the Neda Board, the project will then undergo the Swiss challenge.

CTBEx, a proposed 49-kilometer (km) expressway, will connect Cavite and Batangas, with a spur road to Tagaytay City and ultimately terminate in Nasugbu, with another spur road to Tuy, Batangas.

The project will substantially improve access to Tagaytay City and Nasugbu, thereby ensuring faster travel and support for the government’s tourism thrust. Once completed, travel time will be reduced to less than an hour from the current 2.5 hours, he added.

The whole expressway will take about three years to complete, but the company can open the first section in one and a half years.

CTBEx will start at the Silang East Interchange of the Cavite-Laguna Expressway. The alignment shall traverse the towns of Silang, Amadeo, Mendez and Alfonso in Cavite; Tagaytay City; and Nasugbu in Batangas.

Expected to handle an initial 60,000 vehicles per day, the proposed expressway will have eight major interchanges, two spur roads and a number of overpasses.

It is divided into three phases: Section 1, a 17.4-km road from Silang, Cavite to Tagaytay; Section 2, a 9.86-km road from Tagaytay to Alfonso; and Section 3, a 22.2-km road from Alfonso to Nasugbu.

Should the project be awarded by mid-2018, the proponent can start the construction of the infrastructure by the third quarter of 2019. The whole expressway is expected to be opened by mid-2022, the last year of President Duterte’s term.

MPIC, an infrastructure-holdings conglomerate in the Philippines, is no stranger to unsolicited proposals for toll projects.

After waiting six long years, it bagged last year the multibillion-peso connector road, an 8-km road that will link the North and South Luzon Expressway. It also has existing proposals for the development of thoroughfares in Metro Manila.

Metro Pacific is the largest tollways operator in the Philippines. It also has interests in expressways in Thailand and Vietnam.

https://businessmirror.com.ph/dpwh-to-give-original-proponent-status-to-mpt-south-for-p22-43-billion-ctbex/

GROUNDBREAKING NG SLEX NORTHBOUND EXIT, ISINAGAWA

“Great works are performed not by strength but by perseverance.” – Samuel Johnson. Ito ang iniwang inspirasyon ng Punong Lungsod Lourdes Cataquiz sa kanyang bating-panimula sa katatapos lamang na Ground Breaking Ceremony sa pagpapasimula ng SLEX Northbound Exit Interchange noong ika-19 ng Hulyo, 2018, ganap na 2:30 ng hapon sa Barangay San Antonio, lungsod ng San Pedro. Sa isang makasaysayang araw na ito, binigyang diin muli ni Mayor Cataquiz ang pagpapasalamat sa Panginoon sa biyaya ng tagumpay na maisakatuparan ang matagal nang minimithing proyekto. Ipinahayag din niya ang pagpapasalamat kay Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte, DPWH Secretary Mark Villar, Congresswoman Arlene Arcillas, sa Pamahalaang Lungsod ng San Pedro at sa mga mamamayan na nagbahagi ng kanilang lupang pagmamay-ari bilang pagsuporta at pagpapahayag ng kanilang ‘Best Shared Intentions’ para sa lungsod ng San Pedro. Patuloy na nilalayon na sa pamamagitan ng SLEX Northbound Exit Interchange ay maisakatuparan din na maging Business Hub ang nasabing lungsod. Ipinangako ng alkalde ang transparency at kasiguraduhan na matatapos ang proyekto sa takdang petsa. Nagpahatid din ng pagbati si Congresswoman Arlene Arcillas, Gov. Ramil Hernandez at ang kinatawan ni Secretary Mark Villar na si DPWH Region 4A Director Samson Hebra. Ang kanilang mga pagbati ay pawang sumesentro sa tagumpay na naidudulot ng pagkakaisa ng Pamahalaan at ng Pribadong Sektor. “Ang katuparan ng proyektong SLEX Northbound Exit Interchange ay makapagbibigay ng kaganapan sa Lungsod ng San Pedro bilang Gateway to Laguna,” dagdag pa nila. Ang Ground Breaking Ceremony ay dinaluhan din ni DPWH Asst. Regional Director Yolanda Tangco, DPWH Construction Division Chief Carolina Pastrana, TRB Executive Director Abraham Sales, Executive Assistant V Aaron Cataquiz, DepEd Supervisor Jovito M. Barcenas Sangguniang Panlungsod, Liga ng mga Kapitan ng Barangay, kinatawan ng iba’t-ibang kumpanya sa San Pedro, Local Media, kinatawan ng Simbahan, mga Kawani ng Gobyerno, Alaska Corporation, Homeowners Associations, at old San Pedronians.

Luzon Spine network on track

The Department of Public Works and Highway (DPWH) is targeted to double the length of the country’s high standard highways by the end of the Duterte administration.

DPWH Secretary Mark Villar  said  by 2022,  the administration would have constructed the Luzon Spine Expressway Network -- a network of high standard highways with a total length of 834.72 kilometers (kms) which is about twice the length of existing expressways of 382 kms.

“We are on target. We have already opened several sections of the Tarlac-Pangasinan-La Union Expressway, the Arterial Plaridel Bypass Project, the Laguna Lake Expressway and the Radial Road 10. Within the year, we expect to open the NLEX Harbor Link Project, which will connect McArthur Highway and C3 and reduce travel time from Quezon City to Manila to only 10 minutes,” Villar said.

Once completed, travel time from Metro Manila to San Fernando, La Union will be reduced from six  hours and 55 minutes to three hours and 10 minutes. Travel time from Ilocos to Bicol will be reduced from 19 hours and 40 minutes to 8 hours and 15 minutes.

The DPWH has so far built a total of 3,945 kms. of roads since the start of the Duterte administration.

“Since the term of President Duterte, we have widened 1,908 kms. of roads, built 328 kms. of bypasses and diversion roads, 393 kms. of missing gaps connecting national roads, and 1,316 kms. of access roads leading to airports, seaports/Ro-Ro (Roll on-roll off)  ports and tourist destinations.

For the inter-island linkage projects, the DPWH will start the construction of the 3.77-km Panguil Bay Bridge that will connect the City of Tangub in Misamis Occidental to the Municipality of Tubod in Lanao del Norte by October.

“Once completed in 2021, it will only take 10 minutes to reach Tangub City from Tubod using the bridge compared to the 2.5 hours it would take using the 102-km. route via the Tubod- Kapatagan-Molave-Tangub road. Travel time between Ozamiz City, Misamis Occidental and Mukas, Kolambugan, Lanao Del Norte will be reduced from 2.5 hours using Ro-Ro operations to 20 minutes using the Panguil Bay Bridge,” Villar said.

Also included in this network is the Bataan-Cavite Interlink, the Mindoro-Batangas Super Bridge, the Panay-Guimaras-Negors Link, the Negros-Cebu Link Bridge, the Panguil Bay Bridge, the Guicam Brdige, the Camarines-Catanduanes Friend Bridge, the Luzon Sorsogon-Samar Link Bridge, the Davao Samall Bridge, among others

 Meanwhile, Villar noted that while reforms are still being done to further improve fiscal spending, the agency’s absorptive capacity in 2017 is the highest it has achieved since.

 “In 2017, DPWH has already recorded the highest absorptive capacity at 92 percent above the 85 percent target —with P674.93 billion in allotments and P621.94 billion in obligations incurred. This is historically the highest absorptive capacity achieved by the department,” Villar noted.

 “This is far higher than the 70- percent absorptive capacity recorded in 2011 — at a budget far lower. Allotment then was only at P173 billion and obligations was at P121 billion,” he added.

 As of June 15, 2018, DPWH has already recorded a 68-percent absorptive capacity — with P457.13 obligations already incurred out of the P675.27 billion obligated. This is excluding the projects executed by the department outside the General Appropriations Act, such as unsolicited proposals.

 “While the department is performing at its best — we learned that the problem of underspending is an institutional issue that can only be cured by institutional reforms. We need to ensure there is discipline in the planning process,” Villar noted.

“The Filipino should not be held liable for the flaws in the system. Corruption is a function of discretion and monopoly. In increasing accountability inside the system, we ensure faster budget execution and service delivery,” he added.

 To ensure efficient delivery of infrastructure, Villar has ordered to intensify and strictly impose the sanctions based on calculated actions on contractors with negative slippages.

“As early as when the system detects a 5 percent negative slippage — the contractor involved in the project will be given a warning and required to submit a `catch-up program’ to eliminate the slippage or delay,” Villar said.

 “If such slippage furthers to at least 10 percent – (the contractor) will be given a second warning and required to submit a detailed action program on a two-week basis. At any point that such contractor incurs a delay of at least 15 percent, (the contractor) will be given a final warning and required to come up with a more detailed program of activities with weekly physical targets, together with the required additional input resources,” he added.

 Villar also noted that all contractors with ongoing DPWH contracts which have incurred negative slippages of beyond 15 percent, the project manager, district engineer  and regional director of the agency shall initiate termination of the contract, following the due process. 

Libu-libo ang mawawalan ng bahay sa NLEX Segment 8.2

Ang North Luzon Expressway (NLEX) C-5 North Link o Segment 8.2 ay planong expressway na magdudugtong ng C-5 Road at Commonwealth Avenue sa North Luzon Expressway (NLEX) sa pamamagitan ng Mindanao Avenue.

Ayon sa DPWH, nasa 8.35 km (7.85 km ayon sa NLEX Corp.) ang haba ng Segment 8.2 expressway na 2×2 (4-lane divided) at expandable hanggang 2×3 (6-lane divided). Sasakupin nito ang Republic Avenue, liliko papuntang Luzon Avenue, at titigil sa Congressional Avenue Extension. Hindi lamang road widening ang proyekto—gaya ng mga napapabalita sa komunidad, kundi pagtatayo ng expressway.

Bahagi ito ng mas malaking NLEX Harbor Link Project, isang extension road na may habang 21.65 km mula sa Mindanao Ave. sa Quezon City hanggang C-3 Road sa Caloocan City at Commonwealth Avenue sa Quezon City. Bahagi rin ito ng kontratang 1998 Supplemental Toll Operating Agreement for the Manila North Expressway.

Ruta ng NLEX North Link o Segment 8.2

Ka-partner ng administrasyon ni Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte ang Manila North Tollways Corp. (MNTC) na pagmamay-ari ng malaking negosyanteng si Manuel V. Pangilinan (MVP) para sa konstruksyon ng daan. Galing ito sa panukala ng Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) at Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) para sa isang master plan ng High Standard Highway Network sa Metro Manila. DPWH din ang mangangasiwa sa pagkuha ng Right of Way (ROW). May nakalaan na P7.5 bilyong piso ang gobyerno para sa proyektong kalsada.

Ang NLEX 8.2 ay bahagi ng Build, Build, Build (BBB) ni Duterte. Katulad ng Public-Private Partnership (PPP) ng dating Pangulong Benigno Aquino III, gagawing pagkakakitaan ng mga pribadong negosyo ang dapat mga batayang serbisyo, gaya ng mga kalsada at daan, sa ilalim ng BBB ni Duterte, na kapalit naman ay buhay at kabuhayan ng daanlibong mamamayan.

Gagastos umano ang MNTC ng P10.5 bilyon, na uutangin sa malaking dayuhang mamumuhunan, gaya ng Asian Development Bank o ADB. Bagaman hindi maglalabas ng pera ang negosyo, babawiin naman sa mga mamamayan ang inutang nito sa pamamagitan ng pagpapabayad ng toll fee sa loob ng 25-50 taon. Dahil expressway ang itatayo, hindi na libre ang paggamit sa kalsadang ito at may pinakamababang bayad na P45 sa Class 1.

Nagsimula ang proyekto noong 2012. Bago ang kasalukuyang plano, tinarget itong masimulan noong 2015 at matapos sa 2019, ngunit hindi na ito posible dahil na-delay sa pagkuha ng ROW. Ayon sa DPWH, sa bagong phasing, magsisimula ang konstruksyon ng unang kwarto ng 2019 at matatapos sa 2021.

Nagsimula na muli ang pagkuha ng ROW noong pangalawang quarter ng 2017 at balak tapusin sa ikaapat na quarter ng 2018. Nagsagawa na ng house tagging noong Marso nitong taon at noong Abril ay nagkaroon ng validation sa mga bahay na tatamaan ng proyekto. Sinasabing mula pa 1999, o 19 taong nakalipas, dapat nakuha ng DPWH ang ROW para makapagsimula ang MNTC sa konstruksyon ng expressway kung kaya’t minamadali na nila ito ngayon.

Itinayo na rin ang isang depot sa Brgy. Sauyo kung saan nakatambak ang mga malalaking kagamitang gagamitin sa paggiba ng mga kasalukuyang daan at bahay at para sa pagtatayo ng expressway.

Demolisyon at pagpapalayas sa mamamayan ang una’t pangunahing epekto ng NLEX 8.2.

Aabot sa higit 50,000 pamilya (nasa 29,000 lamang ang bilang ng pamahalaan) ang maaapektuhan ng pagtatayo ng NLEX 8.2. Libu-libong kabahayan ang gigibain para sa kabuuang lapad ng expressway na 90 metro (60 m para sa main road, 30 m para sa planong pabahay). Malawakan ang mangyayaring demolisyon at pagpapalayas ng mga mamamayan, katulad ng nangyari sa North Triangle sa Quezon City at sa proyektong Philippine National Railway Modernization and Rehabilitation Plan mula Caloocan, Maynila hanggang Los Banos, Laguna. Noong 2012, tinaya ng gobyerno na may 16,605 kabahayang matatamaan ng proyekto.

Walong barangay sa Quezon City at isang barangay sa Valenzuela ang matatamaan ng proyekto. Kasama rito ang Sauyo, Pasong Tamo, Culiat, Talipapa, Bagbag, Fairview, Matandang Balara, at Holy Spirit, sa Quezon City at Brgy. Ugong sa Valenzuela.

Para maitayo ang NLEX 8.2, gigibain ang mga tahanan, negosyo, parokya, at iba pang establisyemento sa kahabaan ng Republic Avenue at Luzon Avenue. Kinakailangan ng gobyerno na linisin ang pagtatayuan ng kalsada na batay sa plano ay 100% dumadaan sa kabahayan ng mga maralita. Sadyang iniwasan naman ang mga malalaking paggawaan at pribadong subdibisyon.

Inihahapag ng gobyerno ang in-city housing alternative sa pamamagitan ng Medium-Rise Public Housing Program ng NHA. Kukunin din daw ang budget para dito sa alokasyong nakasaad sa RA 7835 o ang Comprehensive and Integrated Shelter Financing Act of 1994. Dahil dito, lumalabas na hindi libre ang pabahay. Nakasaad sa batas ang iba’t ibang paraan ng pagpapabayad sa mga magkakaroon ng alokasyon sa sinasabing itatayong pabahay. Idadaan ito sa loan o mortgage program na huhulugan sa loob ng 20-30 taon.

Sa isa na namang proyektong pangkaunlaran nagbabadyang maranasan ng nasa 50,000 pamilya o aabot sa 250,000 indibidwal ang pag-atras ng kanilang kabuhayan at pamumuhay.

Mawawala rin ang mga kabuhayan at mapapalayo sa kanilang mga trabaho ang mga mapapalayas. Hindi madaling makahanap at hindi naman nakalilikha ang gobyerno ng mga estableng trabahong may nakabubuhay na sahod. Nagkakasya ang mamamayan sa kanilang mga sari-sariling diskarte para makatawid sa araw-araw, at maging ang ganoong pamamaraan ay maipagkakaila sa kanila kapag dinala sila sa mga relokasyon sa mga hindi pa maunlad na pamayanan.

Hindi rin malayong matulad ang mga mapapalayas na mamamayan sa iba pang mga dinemolis ng gobyerno ang kabahayan, gaya ng mga residente sa C-5. Sa mga napalayas sa C-5 widening, karugtong lang din ng proyektong NLEX 8.2, inalok lang ng one-time cash payment katumbas ng laki ng kanilang bahay na giniba at walang alok na relokasyon.

Sa napalayas sa itinatayong depot para sa NLEX 8.2 sa Brgy. Sauyo, dinala sila sa relokasyon sa Morong, Rizal. Walang kuryente, tubig at kabuhayan sa relokasyon kung kaya’t nagsisibalikan sa syudad ang mga tinapon sa relokasyon.

Dala rin ng dislokasyon ang pagkaantala ng pag-aaral ng mga kabataan, gayundin ang kawalan ng kabuhayan ng kanilang mga magulang na lalong nagpapahirap sa kanilang kalagayan.