(philstar.com) | Updated May 30, 2014 - 4:23pm
MANILA, Philippines - The National
Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) Board approved on Thursday seven new
infrastructure projects worth P45.04 billion, NEDA announced.
The NEDA Board, the country's
socioeconomic development planning and policy coordinating body, approved the
following:
1. Laoag City Bypass Link Road Project
(P1.19 billion)
Proponent: Department of Public Works
and Highways
Description: Construction of a
Portland Cement Concrete Pavement (PCCP) two-lane road with ROW of 30-meters.
It involves the construction of a 3.11 kilometer PCCP road including a 735.0
lineal meter Steel Girder Type Bridge that crosses the Laoag-Padsan River, and
end at the Gomburza Road intersection (Phase 1) and construction of a
4.87-kilometer PCCP road (Phase 2).
2. Busuanga Airport Development
Project (P4.1 billion)
Proponent: Department of
Transportation and Communications
Description: To improve the capacity
of the Busuanga Airport in a manner that will satisfactorily serve the expected
increase in air traffic in Northern Palawan, through the improvement of the
existing airport facilities.
3. Cebu Bus Rapid Transit (BRT)
Project (P10.62 billion)
Proponent: Department of
Transportation and Communications
Description: Project will establish a
BRT System in Cebu City
4. Modernization of the Dr. Jose
Fabella Memorial Hospital (P2 billion)
Proponent: Department of Health
Description: Construction of a new
nine-storey, 800-bed hospital with emergency room facilities; offices and
pharmacy; laboratory and radiology facilities; delivery room complex; intensive
care unit (ICU) complex, with a 130-bassinet capacity Neonatal ICU; suites,
private rooms, and wards; administration offices, training facilities and
auditorium; and other support facilities.
5. Water District Development Sector
Project (P2.69 billion)
Proponent: Local Water Utilities
Administration (LWUA)
Description: Proposed relending
facility under LWUA, aimed at targeting pre-credit worthy to semi-credit worthy
Water Districts for the rehabilitation and expansion of their distribution
networks, development of raw water supply and enhancement of the sustainability
of operations through capacity development.
6. Angat Water Transmission
Improvement Project (AWTIP) (P5.78 billion)
Proponent: Metropolitan Waterworks and
Sewerage System
Description: Construction of a new
tunnel, i.e., Tunnel 4, that will make it possible to alternate close the older
tunnels and aqueducts in the conveyance system, to improve the reliability and
security of the Angat raw water transmission system, through the rehabilitation
of existing conveyances and appurtenances from Ipo Dam to La Mesa Treatment
Plant.
7. New Centennial Water Source –
Kaliwa Dam Project (P18.72 billion)
Proponent: Metropolitan Waterworks and
Sewerage System
Description: Involves financing,
design, and construction of the 600 million liters per day Kaliwa Dam, intake facilities
and other appurtenant facilities; and Water Conveyance Tunnel with a capacity
of 2,400 MLD (in anticipation of future construction of the Laiban Dam).
Construction of water treatment plants will be undertaken by the MWSS
concessionaires.
Other projects approved include the
P14.34-billion operation and maintenance of the Light Rail Transit Line 2 under
the public-private partnership program and the master development plan for the
Clark Green City which involves the development of a total of 9,450 hectares of
land including the bidding of an initial 1,300 hectares for Phase 1.
“The approved projects are aimed at
improving the level and standards of service in the water, health, and
transport sectors as called for in the Updated Philippine Development Plan
2011-2016 towards achieving inclusive growth,” Socioeconomic Planning Secretary
Arsenio Balisacan said.
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