DoTC bares tourism infrastructure program
By DANNY Q. JUNCO, Manila Bulletin
The Department of Transportation and Communications (DoTC) has thrown its all-out support behind the move of the government to boost the country’s tourism industry in the coming years.
DoTC Undersecretary Thompson Lantion revealed this during the induction of officers of Skal International Makati at the New World Renaissance Hotel in Makati City recently.
Lantion, the proxy of the supposed honor and guest speaker DoTC Secretary Leandro Mendoza, quoted the prepared speech of Mendoza saying DoTC has embarked its thrust on connecting the country’s islands by providing efficient linkages between land, water, rail and air transportation systems in support of tourism development.
"Pursuant to the recent directive of the President concerning air transportation, DoTC has intensified its thrust towards development efforts that will provide access to international markets, link economic centers and key growth areas, and support tourism development," he said.
He cited the development of airport infrastructure including the Laoag International Airport, Diosdado Macapagal International Airport Development, Subic International Airport, proposed New Zamboanga International Airport Development, Manila International Airport, Mactan-Cebu International Airport, Davao International Airport, and General Santos International Airport.
Lantion also said that several airports that will be upgraded are the Panglao Airport and the existing Busuanga Airport to serve as links to the Panglao Island and Northern Palawan as tourist destinations.
Included are the Western, Central and Eastern Nautical Highways, the western seaboard trunk route from Manila to Dipolog and northwestern Mindanao that connects to the central trunk route at Cebu City in Central Visayas.
The central trunk route connecting Pilar, Sorsogon to Balingoan, Misamis Oriental, passing through Central Visayas and connects to the East-West trunk routes at Catalingan, Masbate and San Carlos City.
The Eastern Nautical Highway is the eastern sea link, which connects Biliran, Leyte to Surigao City or the northwestern tip of Mindanao that connects to the central trunk route at Catalingan, Masbate.
Along with this is the building of rail lines to complete the rail-based transport network in Metro Manila and extend existing rail facilities to nearby provinces to decongest Metro Manila and alleviate its worsening traffic condition.
The implementation of the Northrail project from Caloocan City to Malolos, Bulacan for its phase 1 section and for its section from Malolos to the Clark Special Economic Zone at the four-kilometer extension of LRT Line 2 from Santolan, Pasig to Masinag, Antipolo, and the 12-kilometer extension of LRT Line 1 from Baclaran to Bacoor, Cavite.
The implementation of MRT 7, which involves a combined 38-kilometer road and rail transportation project from Marilao exit in North Luzon Expressway to MRT 3 at the North Avenue in EDSA, including the 17 kilometer, 8 land asphalt road will connect NLEX to the major transportation hub development in Tala, San Jose del Monte while the 21-kilometer elevated MRT shall start from Tala and end at the integrated MRT 3 and MRT 7 station at EDSA.
These are in broad stroke, the policies, plans, programs and projects of DoTC in support of tourism and in general to the President’s thrust to sustain economic growth and development of the country.
The Department of Transportation and Communications (DoTC) has thrown its all-out support behind the move of the government to boost the country’s tourism industry in the coming years.
DoTC Undersecretary Thompson Lantion revealed this during the induction of officers of Skal International Makati at the New World Renaissance Hotel in Makati City recently.
Lantion, the proxy of the supposed honor and guest speaker DoTC Secretary Leandro Mendoza, quoted the prepared speech of Mendoza saying DoTC has embarked its thrust on connecting the country’s islands by providing efficient linkages between land, water, rail and air transportation systems in support of tourism development.
"Pursuant to the recent directive of the President concerning air transportation, DoTC has intensified its thrust towards development efforts that will provide access to international markets, link economic centers and key growth areas, and support tourism development," he said.
He cited the development of airport infrastructure including the Laoag International Airport, Diosdado Macapagal International Airport Development, Subic International Airport, proposed New Zamboanga International Airport Development, Manila International Airport, Mactan-Cebu International Airport, Davao International Airport, and General Santos International Airport.
Lantion also said that several airports that will be upgraded are the Panglao Airport and the existing Busuanga Airport to serve as links to the Panglao Island and Northern Palawan as tourist destinations.
Included are the Western, Central and Eastern Nautical Highways, the western seaboard trunk route from Manila to Dipolog and northwestern Mindanao that connects to the central trunk route at Cebu City in Central Visayas.
The central trunk route connecting Pilar, Sorsogon to Balingoan, Misamis Oriental, passing through Central Visayas and connects to the East-West trunk routes at Catalingan, Masbate and San Carlos City.
The Eastern Nautical Highway is the eastern sea link, which connects Biliran, Leyte to Surigao City or the northwestern tip of Mindanao that connects to the central trunk route at Catalingan, Masbate.
Along with this is the building of rail lines to complete the rail-based transport network in Metro Manila and extend existing rail facilities to nearby provinces to decongest Metro Manila and alleviate its worsening traffic condition.
The implementation of the Northrail project from Caloocan City to Malolos, Bulacan for its phase 1 section and for its section from Malolos to the Clark Special Economic Zone at the four-kilometer extension of LRT Line 2 from Santolan, Pasig to Masinag, Antipolo, and the 12-kilometer extension of LRT Line 1 from Baclaran to Bacoor, Cavite.
The implementation of MRT 7, which involves a combined 38-kilometer road and rail transportation project from Marilao exit in North Luzon Expressway to MRT 3 at the North Avenue in EDSA, including the 17 kilometer, 8 land asphalt road will connect NLEX to the major transportation hub development in Tala, San Jose del Monte while the 21-kilometer elevated MRT shall start from Tala and end at the integrated MRT 3 and MRT 7 station at EDSA.
These are in broad stroke, the policies, plans, programs and projects of DoTC in support of tourism and in general to the President’s thrust to sustain economic growth and development of the country.
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