Clark-Tarlac segment of SCTEP to be operational by October
With the completion of the 43.27-kilometer Clark-Tarlac segment of the Subic-Clark-Tarlac Expressway Project (SCTEP) this October, the government gets closer to realizing a globally competitive Central Luzon.
Robert Gervacio, Subic-Clark-Tarlac expressway project program manager for operational support services, said the tourism industry would be the immediate beneficiary of the expressway project.
More local and foreign tourists will be enticed to visit, particularly Baguio and Ilocos areas, because of reduced travel time. This would mean more time for them to spend for recreational activities.
“The expressway will also facilitate easy movement of goods to Manila because a lot of products come from the North -vegetables from Benguet, fish from Pangasinan and other products from Ilocos region,” he said. “This will be translated to more savings and higher income for the entrepreneur.”
The SCTEP will link key infrastructure facilities, as well as commercial, industrial and tourism centers of the Subic Bay Freeport Zone, Clark Special Economic Zone, and the Central Techno Park in Tarlac.
Together, these economic zones comprise 100,000 hectares fit for commercial, industrial and tourism development.
Gervacio said with these, they expect more investors to put in their money, particularly in the Luisita industrial park because of the benefits to be offered by the expressway project.
“For the locators, it will be also easy to transport goods and products. Because we are developing Clark as a logistics hub, it could serve as storage of goods to be transported out of the country,” he said.
Among the industries that may possibly rise within the Subic, Clark and Luisita Industrial Park are those in the information technology, food services, manpower services, tourism and recreation, education, telecommunications, medicine and agro-industries.
The completion of the 50.5-kilometer Subic-Clark portion by March next year, together with the Subic seaport, would further boost North Luzon’s chances of luring in more investors, speed up commerce and boost tourism.
With the Subic seaport, cargo shipments would no longer have to pass through the ports of Singapore and Kaoshung in order to offload onto smaller ships that the Manila pier can service.
This means that the Philippines would have its first international transshipment hub, reducing shipment costs by as much as 30 percent and significantly cutting down travel time, according to Bases Conversion and Development Authority (BCDA) data.
Together, the Diosdado Macapagal International Airport , the seaport in Subic and the SCTEP will create a portal by which the Central Luzon will be able to trade directly with the international market without having the need to content with the choking bottlenecks in Metro Manila.
Gervacio said the influx of investments is expected to generate more jobs.
He cited Korea’s Hanjin Heavy Industries and Construction, the world’s fourth-largest shipping company, which would be needing thousand of welders for their Subic Freeport project.
Gervacio also expressed optimism the Philippine competitiveness ranking would improve as the country fully reaps the benefits of these infrastructure projects. (PNA)
Robert Gervacio, Subic-Clark-Tarlac expressway project program manager for operational support services, said the tourism industry would be the immediate beneficiary of the expressway project.
More local and foreign tourists will be enticed to visit, particularly Baguio and Ilocos areas, because of reduced travel time. This would mean more time for them to spend for recreational activities.
“The expressway will also facilitate easy movement of goods to Manila because a lot of products come from the North -vegetables from Benguet, fish from Pangasinan and other products from Ilocos region,” he said. “This will be translated to more savings and higher income for the entrepreneur.”
The SCTEP will link key infrastructure facilities, as well as commercial, industrial and tourism centers of the Subic Bay Freeport Zone, Clark Special Economic Zone, and the Central Techno Park in Tarlac.
Together, these economic zones comprise 100,000 hectares fit for commercial, industrial and tourism development.
Gervacio said with these, they expect more investors to put in their money, particularly in the Luisita industrial park because of the benefits to be offered by the expressway project.
“For the locators, it will be also easy to transport goods and products. Because we are developing Clark as a logistics hub, it could serve as storage of goods to be transported out of the country,” he said.
Among the industries that may possibly rise within the Subic, Clark and Luisita Industrial Park are those in the information technology, food services, manpower services, tourism and recreation, education, telecommunications, medicine and agro-industries.
The completion of the 50.5-kilometer Subic-Clark portion by March next year, together with the Subic seaport, would further boost North Luzon’s chances of luring in more investors, speed up commerce and boost tourism.
With the Subic seaport, cargo shipments would no longer have to pass through the ports of Singapore and Kaoshung in order to offload onto smaller ships that the Manila pier can service.
This means that the Philippines would have its first international transshipment hub, reducing shipment costs by as much as 30 percent and significantly cutting down travel time, according to Bases Conversion and Development Authority (BCDA) data.
Together, the Diosdado Macapagal International Airport , the seaport in Subic and the SCTEP will create a portal by which the Central Luzon will be able to trade directly with the international market without having the need to content with the choking bottlenecks in Metro Manila.
Gervacio said the influx of investments is expected to generate more jobs.
He cited Korea’s Hanjin Heavy Industries and Construction, the world’s fourth-largest shipping company, which would be needing thousand of welders for their Subic Freeport project.
Gervacio also expressed optimism the Philippine competitiveness ranking would improve as the country fully reaps the benefits of these infrastructure projects. (PNA)
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