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Pernia: Proposed Bulacan International Airport, 7 other proposals get NEDA Board approval

(Eagle News) –The National Economic Development Authority Board  has approved eight infrastructure proposals, including one for the construction, maintenance and operation of a Bulacan International Airport, Socioeconomic Planning Secretary Ernesto Pernia said. In a statement, Pernia said the board, led by President Rodrigo Duterte, made the approval of the Subic-Clark Railway Project (P50.03 billion); Clark International Airport Expansion Project Operations and Maintenance PPP (P5.61 billion); Ambal-Simuay River and Rio Grande de Mindanao River Flood Control Projects […]

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Gov’t to build major bridges to link PHL islands

(Eagle News) – The Department of Finance (DOF) said the government will build eight major bridges to link the Visayas islands to Mindanao and Luzon. The proposed bridge projects–with an estimated combined cost of P269.10 billion—-are an 18.2-kilometer bridge to connect Samar provinces to the main island of Luzon, a 20-kilometer bridge connecting Leyte to Mindanao Island through either an Underwater Tunnel Bridge or a Long-Span Overhead Bridge, the 5.7-kilometer Panay-Guimaras bridge, the 12.3-kilometer Guimaras-Negros […]

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Integrated transport terminal in Taguig to be operational in the first half of 2020

By Earlo Bringas Eagle News Service Expect less congestion on Edsa when the Taguig Integrated Terminal Exchange  becomes operational in the first half of 2020. This is according to government officials led by Transportation Secretary Arthur Tugade and Public Works and Highways Secretary Mark Villar, who led the groundbreaking ceremony of the P4-billion project under the Duterte administration’s Build, Build, Build program. The project–which will rise inside a 5.6-hectare compound in FTI— is expected to have […]

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