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By Bernie Cahiles-Magkilat
A local port planner and developer is set to reclaim a 40-hectare
area for port and mixed-use development in Batangas City with initial
investment of P3 billion.
The Batangas Port Planners and Development, Inc. (BPPDI), a
subsidiary of the Leviste Group of Companies has chosen Melekon
Contractors, Inc. (MCI), a local reclamation and construction
specialist, to be its main contractor for the mega project. It will be
strategically located beside the Batangas International Port, the only
international port in southern Luzon and one of the busiest ports in the
country.
According to Bettina Nicole Reyes, MCI vice-president for marketing,
the project was recently granted its Notice to Proceed (NTP) by the
Philippine Reclamation Authority and its Environmental Clearance
Certificate (ECC) by the Department of Environment and Natural
Resources.
“We hope to start the project immediately by the first quarter of
2019,’’ Reyes said. The initial investment of P3 billion only involves
the reclamation cost of the 40-hectare area.
Engr. Silvino M. Lambino, MCI head for construction said the
P3-billion project cost already includes all the civil works such as
land reclamation and construction of the administrative buildings,
bridges, roads, and port facilities. The project’s main components
include a port facility, a commercial zone, an industrial zone and a
mixed-use hotel and condominium zone.
Engr. Liborio Antonio Palafox, MCI Project director, expressed
optimism that MCI can finish the project by 2020, which according to him
is a feat in itself by the industry standards.
MCI is a Filipino-owned engineering, procurement and
construction company with expertise in power projects, underground
construction, dredging and reclamation, roads, bridges and
electro-mechanical works.
MCI, which holds main office at the Philippine Stock Exchange in
Ortigas Center, specializes in delivering turn-key solutions for hydro,
wind, solar and biomass renewable energy projects.
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