Philippine Asian News Today Vol 19 No 17 | Page 13

September 1 - 15, 2017
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Bulacan airport ‘feasible’
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The
Transportation
Department said Monday the
multibillion-peso international
airport in Bulacan province
proposed by conglomerate
San Miguel Corp. is “feasible”
and the agency is now
reviewing the project. 
“It’s with us now. We
are coordinating with Neda
[National Economic and
Development Authority]. We
are looking on how it will be
classified, whether it’s PPP
or so on, in order to give
them an original proponent
status,”
Transportation
Undersecretary for aviation
Manuel Antonio Tamayo said. 
Tamayo described the
proposed international airport
as “feasible.” 
“We are rushing it [the
process]. We are expediting
it based on the direction of
[Transportation]
Secretary
[Arthur] Tugade,” Tamayo
said, adding the approval
of
the
proposed
new
airport would involve other
government agencies.
San Miguel offered to
build the new airport north
of Manila, a revision from its
2014 proposal for a $10-billion
airport on a reclaimed part of
Manila Bay in the southern
part of the metropolis.
The conglomerate wanted
to build an airport with at least
four runways and covering
2,000 hectares in Bulacan
towns near Manila Bay.
Tamayo said building a
new international gateway
would take a long time, and
the government was for the
meantime improving Clark
International Airport. 
“Everything
is
being
studied,  but right now it’s
still dual airport. In the long
term, we are open to a new
gateway,” he said. 
State-run
Bases
Conversion and Development
Authority is currently bidding
out the development of a
P12.55-billion new passenger
terminal in Clark International
Airport
in
Pampanga
province.
The project aims to
construct a new passenger
terminal
building
to
accommodate 8 million
passengers per annum as
well as the construction and
installation of all required
associated facilities – both
landside and airside, to support
the operations of the new
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terminal. The construction
period is between 2017 and
2020. 
All-Asia
Resources
and Reclamation Corp., a
consortium led by by tycoon
Henry Sy and the Tieng
family, also offered to build
a new international airport in
Sangley Point, Cavite.
ARRC plans to reclaim
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2,500 hectares at Sangley
Point. The company expects
to complete the reclamation
in 12 months. 
The  new airport would be
designed to have a capacity
of 50 million  to 100 million
passengers which would be
completed in five years. (D.
Amojelar, MS)