BCDA allots P230m for tollway access road
CLARK FIELD, Pampanga—The Bases Conversion and Development Authority has approved the allocation of P230 million for the construction of an access road to link the Clark Special Economic Zone here to the P21-billion Subic-Clark-Tarlac Expressway which is expected to be finished by November 2007.
Clark Development Corp. president Levy Laus said the BCDA approved the P230-million budget for the construction of the access road that would link the Diosdado Macapagal International Airport with the Subic Freeport in Zambales and make it the premier logistics hub in the country as envisioned by President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo.
The Clark access road is vital to the development of Clark as well as the nearby Angeles City, Mabalacat, Magalang and other towns in Pampanga.
“This is a good news for all of us, the BCDA has approved the budget,” Laus said, adding that the access road is set to be completed by November 2007, simultaneous with the completion of the Subic-Clark-Tarlac tollway.
The access road would be built in the area of Industrial Estate Five near the Yokohama Tire Philippines Inc., inside the Clark economic zone. The tollway project is 42-percent complete and development group officials expressed confidence that the project would be finished by November, ahead of its original deadline of December.
The Angeles City Council and Mabalacat Council had earlier threatened to stop the project after the development group failed to include the access road because officials claimed Clark would not directly benefit from the tollway because it will only pass the area and not link it to the economic zone.
Laus said travel time going to Subic will only take 30 minutes instead of the three-hour ride via the very busy Gapan-San Fernando-Olongapo Road.
He said Clark and Subic would both enjoy benefits from the tollway because it would attract more investments and eventually create more jobs for local folks in nearby communities of Central Luzon.
By Rendy Isip - Manila Standard Today
Clark Development Corp. president Levy Laus said the BCDA approved the P230-million budget for the construction of the access road that would link the Diosdado Macapagal International Airport with the Subic Freeport in Zambales and make it the premier logistics hub in the country as envisioned by President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo.
The Clark access road is vital to the development of Clark as well as the nearby Angeles City, Mabalacat, Magalang and other towns in Pampanga.
“This is a good news for all of us, the BCDA has approved the budget,” Laus said, adding that the access road is set to be completed by November 2007, simultaneous with the completion of the Subic-Clark-Tarlac tollway.
The access road would be built in the area of Industrial Estate Five near the Yokohama Tire Philippines Inc., inside the Clark economic zone. The tollway project is 42-percent complete and development group officials expressed confidence that the project would be finished by November, ahead of its original deadline of December.
The Angeles City Council and Mabalacat Council had earlier threatened to stop the project after the development group failed to include the access road because officials claimed Clark would not directly benefit from the tollway because it will only pass the area and not link it to the economic zone.
Laus said travel time going to Subic will only take 30 minutes instead of the three-hour ride via the very busy Gapan-San Fernando-Olongapo Road.
He said Clark and Subic would both enjoy benefits from the tollway because it would attract more investments and eventually create more jobs for local folks in nearby communities of Central Luzon.
By Rendy Isip - Manila Standard Today
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