Thursday, July 16, 2009 | MANILA, PHILIPPINES [ BusinessWorld Online ]
CLARK FREEPORT ZONE — The Subic-Clark Alliance for Development Council, or SCADC — the state agency formed to harmonize the development plans of the Subic Bay Freeport Zone and the Clark Special Economic Zone — yesterday said a land-use plan it has completed banks on new roads to enhance transportation in the Subic-Clark Economic Corridor.
In its statement, SCADC said the plan was based on recommendations by provincial planning offices of Pampanga, Zambales, Bataan, Tarlac, Aurora and Bulacan.
The plan cites the need to improve and expand existing road networks such as the Jose Abad Santos Avenue and the Roman Highway in Pampanga and Bataan by linking them to the Subic-Clark-Tarlac Expressway.
It also calls for the construction of a new road to link San Marcelino in Zambales to Floridablanca in Pampanga, a non-tollway road to link Tarlac to Zambales, as well as new circumferential roads linking Pampanga, Tarlac, Zambales and Bataan.
The plan also identified the need for three new radial roads linking areas like Tarlac-Iba, Tarlac-Nueva Ecija-Aurora, Capas-Botolan, as well as a viaduct coastal highway linking Bataan, Pampanga and Bulacan to Metro Manila.
The plan also stresses the need to improve irrigation and flood-mitigation facilities.
The plan is an initial step towards development of a Master Development Plan for the Subic-Clark Economic Corridor. — RMG
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