Subic-Clark road 1/3 complete
By Tonette Orejas = Inquirer
CITY OF SAN FERNANDO – At least 30 percent of the Subic-Clark-Tarlac Expressway (SCTEX) has been completed and the delay in construction is being addressed to finish the P21-billion road by December 2007, a Bases Conversion Development Authority official said.
Narciso Abaya, BCDA president, detailed the project’s progress in a statement as Pampanga Gov. Mark Lapid and other local officials on Friday inspected the 31-km stretch of road between Angeles City and Mabalacat, Porac and Floridablanca towns.
The road, which will span a total 93.77 km, will be carved through mountains and lahar canyons from Dinalupihan town in Bataan to Tarlac City.
Construction of the Subic-Clark and Clark-Tarlac segments are 27 percent and 35 percent complete, respectively, Abaya said.
The Kajima-Obayashi-JFE Engineering-Mitsubishi Heavy Industries joint venture has installed 52 of the 58 drainage systems and drilled 695 of 755 bored piles along the Subic-Clark section.
The Hazama-Taisei-Nippon Steel joint venture has fitted the first steel girder at the 1.16-km Sacobia-Bamban Bridge, the longest of four bridges on the expressway. It is set to begin the construction of the toll operation center at Barangay Cacutud in Mabalacat.
Abaya said the BCDA and the Toll Regulatory Board were still negotiating on the rates to be charged road users.
Army officials have reported deploying at least 300 soldiers to guard the heavy equipment and construction workers at more than 50 work sites. Reporters saw heavily armed troops along the mountain routes.
Lapid said he hoped the project would be “done on time.” This way, he said, the economic benefits of connecting the Clark Special Economic Zone, the Subic Bay Freeport and the Luisita Industrial Park would “be felt by the residents through jobs and other livelihood opportunities.”
The road links the three industrial centers covering Zambales, Bataan, Pampanga and Tarlac provinces where some seven million people live.
The four-lane highway aims to boost the potential of Subic and Clark to be the leading transshipment hub in Southeast Asia. The two former United States military bases have two airports, a seaport and a combined land area of nearly 80,000 hectares between them.
During the inspection, Floridablanca Mayor Darwin Manalastas asked the BCDA to consider funding the rehabilitation of municipal and barangay roads that were damaged when they were used as access routes to the project sites.
CITY OF SAN FERNANDO – At least 30 percent of the Subic-Clark-Tarlac Expressway (SCTEX) has been completed and the delay in construction is being addressed to finish the P21-billion road by December 2007, a Bases Conversion Development Authority official said.
Narciso Abaya, BCDA president, detailed the project’s progress in a statement as Pampanga Gov. Mark Lapid and other local officials on Friday inspected the 31-km stretch of road between Angeles City and Mabalacat, Porac and Floridablanca towns.
The road, which will span a total 93.77 km, will be carved through mountains and lahar canyons from Dinalupihan town in Bataan to Tarlac City.
Construction of the Subic-Clark and Clark-Tarlac segments are 27 percent and 35 percent complete, respectively, Abaya said.
The Kajima-Obayashi-JFE Engineering-Mitsubishi Heavy Industries joint venture has installed 52 of the 58 drainage systems and drilled 695 of 755 bored piles along the Subic-Clark section.
The Hazama-Taisei-Nippon Steel joint venture has fitted the first steel girder at the 1.16-km Sacobia-Bamban Bridge, the longest of four bridges on the expressway. It is set to begin the construction of the toll operation center at Barangay Cacutud in Mabalacat.
Abaya said the BCDA and the Toll Regulatory Board were still negotiating on the rates to be charged road users.
Army officials have reported deploying at least 300 soldiers to guard the heavy equipment and construction workers at more than 50 work sites. Reporters saw heavily armed troops along the mountain routes.
Lapid said he hoped the project would be “done on time.” This way, he said, the economic benefits of connecting the Clark Special Economic Zone, the Subic Bay Freeport and the Luisita Industrial Park would “be felt by the residents through jobs and other livelihood opportunities.”
The road links the three industrial centers covering Zambales, Bataan, Pampanga and Tarlac provinces where some seven million people live.
The four-lane highway aims to boost the potential of Subic and Clark to be the leading transshipment hub in Southeast Asia. The two former United States military bases have two airports, a seaport and a combined land area of nearly 80,000 hectares between them.
During the inspection, Floridablanca Mayor Darwin Manalastas asked the BCDA to consider funding the rehabilitation of municipal and barangay roads that were damaged when they were used as access routes to the project sites.
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