After two months in office, the Marcos administration ranks PPP projects among its top priorities for national economic reasons.
Philippine President prioritizes PPP projects
Arsenio Balisacan, the secretary of the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA), previously stated that the administration of President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. aimed to strengthen PPP, particularly for high-profile projects. Expressways are primarily among the priority projects for public private partnership (PPP) that the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) recently announced.
A public-private partnership (PPP) is a method of funding public infrastructure projects or initiatives to overcome challenges of a local government unit or public authorities such as money, risks, ownership, and customers.
Transportation Infrastructure
The public partner is represented by government organizations on a local, state, and/or federal level. The private partner may be a privately held company, a publicly traded firm, or a group of businesses with specialized expertise. PPP is a general phrase that can be used to describe anything from a straightforward, short-term management contract — with or without criteria for private investment — to a long-term contract that encompasses funding, planning, building, operation, maintenance, and divestment.
PPP initiatives, sometimes referred to as P3 projects, are beneficial for major endeavors that demand the hiring of highly experienced personnel with its approval and a sizeable initial financial expenditure. They are also useful in nations where the government must legitimately own any public infrastructure, as the Philippines.
PPPs involved range of projects across various sectors, such as Transportation: highways, municipal roads, bridges, tunnels, airports, seaports, railway systems, and public transit. Energy and Force: Electricity producing facilities (including nuclear), electrical transmission lines, and natural gas pipelines. Wastewater and water: sewage systems, desalination plants, and water treatment facilities. Telecommunications: Broadband network rollouts and other telecommunications infrastructure expansions. Healthcare: Construction of hospitals, clinics, and other healthcare facilities. Education: Construction of educational institutions like schools, colleges, and universities. Social Support Systems: Prisons, courthouses, and other forms of social facility.
Three (3) brand-new 330 Diesel Engine Power Barges, including the onshore switchyard and any further work required to make the power barges fully operational, such as fuel receipt and storage facilities, mooring facilities, and other site development work, are included in the project.
The project was concluded in Region IV-A – CALABARZON, using Build Own Operate (BOO) and costs USD 78.00 million in total.
Calaca II Powerplant
Through its Implementing Agency, Philippine Postal Corporation and Private Proponent/Private Sector partners, ROA System Co. Ltd. (ROA), the Project entails the creation of applications, the provision of required hardware and software, and networking amongst PhilPost facilities. It will cover postal applications and business systems for PhilPost’s design, development, modification, enhancement, installation, rollout, operation, and turnover.
The infrastructure was implemented on a number of regions, to name some are Region VI – Western Visayas, Region VII – Central Visayas, Region VIII – Eastern Visayas, and Region IX – Zamboanga Peninsula. It will be built using a Build Lease and Transfer (BLT) PPP structure that will cost USD 64.0 Million.
Projects to be given priority under public-private partnerships were recently revealed by the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) (PPP). All in all there are 10, which are the following:
A four-lane, 35.70-kilometer project called the Central Luzon Link Expressway (CLLEX) Phase I, Tarlac to Cabanatuan City expansion would connect Cabanatuan City with San Jose City. The Pan Philippine Highway (PPH), which runs between Tarlac Province and the municipalities of Talavera and Llanera in Nueva Ecija, will be relieved of traffic by the project, which would also provide a free-flowing alternate route. The construction of the CLLEX Phase 1 Toll Facilities is also a part of it.
Construction will cost Php 11.9830 billion, and ROW value would be Php 0.6282 billion.
To reduce disasters like soil collapse, rock fall, route slip, landslides, and river erosion that frequently happen along the road’s slopes, efforts are being conducted to rehabilitate Kennon Road.
The famous Kennon Road
The upkeep of the crucial national thoroughfare known as Kennon Road falls under the purview of the Benguet First DEO, the La Union 2nd District Engineering Office, and the Baguio City DEO. A 12.495 km. asphalt road, and 21.196 kilometers. The entire roadway is covered in concrete pavement. There are six concrete bridges and 12 steel bridges on Kennon Road. For the majority of the 1968-built bridges, a ten-ton capacity is the standard.
Funds needed for the entire project: Php 550 million for ROW and Php 11.9 billion for civil construction.
This 91.10-mile, 4-lane freeway is divided into four sections:
Bigte-San Miguel-Jct in segment 1, San Miguel-Jct in segment two, Gapan City-Jct in segment three, and Cabanatuan City-Jct in segment 4.
Two or four lanes with an optional pedestrian/bicycle lane are envisaged for the 15 km mega bridge that will connect Batangas province to Mindoro Island. The bridge will span a water depth of between 10 and 300 meters for 8.5 kilometers from Mindoro Island to Verde Island and 6.5 kilometers from Verde Island to Batangas.
An approximately 226.5-kilometer road that will start in Atimonan, Quezon, connect the town of Mauban with the Real Section of the Mauban-Tignoan Road, as well as the Famy-Real-Infanta-Dinahican Port Road in Infanta, Quezon, and then conclude in Dingalan, Aurora.
a 180-kilometer expressway that will connect San Jose City, Nueva Ecija, with Bolinao, Pangasinan.
The development of this 190-kilometer east-west toll road will make it simpler to travel from Botolan, Zambales to Dingalan, Aurora through Capas, Tarlac, and vice versa.
For Metro Cebu, more than 56.94 kilometers of high-grade arterial toll roads are planned to meet both the present and future traffic demands of the region. Additionally, by creating a direct connection between Naga City and Danao City through the mountain slopes of Cebu Province, this project hopes to drastically relieve traffic congestion in Metro Cebu’s metropolitan core and CBDs.
This is an expressway linking the provinces of Aklan, Capiz, and Iloilo. According to the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA), this elevated expressway will function similarly to the South Luzon Expressway (SLEX) and the North Luzon Expressway (NLEX).
The 34-kilometer Villanueva-Cagayan de Oro-Opol Expressway and the 41.9-kilometer Opol-Naawan Expressway Project make up this substantial infrastructure project.
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