METRO CEBU EXPRESSWAY

MANILA, Nov. 4 -- The Duterte administration will soon launch the biggest infrastructure
push in Philippine history to propel economic growth in the next five-and-a-half years.
Big-ticket infrastructure projects, specifically roads and bridges, mass urban transport and
alternative green city solutions are among the key investments to be made by the Philippine
government. These will solve the problems brought about by traffic congestion, inadequate mass
transport facilities, air pollution, and the lack of healthy, green liveable community spaces.
The development mantra is: build, build and build.
The Duterte administration sees increased infrastructure spending as key to move the
country forward and improve the lives of the Filipino people by generating massive investments,
creating millions of jobs and lowering prices of commodities.
One of that proposed project of the Duterte administration is the Metro Cebu
Expressway.

Project Metro Cebu Expressway

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Description: This project is a 73.75 km highway with 2 km tunnel. It is

divided into three segments: Talisay-Cebu City-Mandaue
(Segment 1), Consolacion-Liloan-Compostela-Danao
(Segment 2), and Naga-Minglanilla (Segment 3). Agency: DPWH

Budget 18,016,000,000.00 Status: Project

Estimate: Development

Sector: Roads and Bridges Location: Cebu City

Funding General Appropriations Act (GAA)

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 THE Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) announced that the construction
of the P50-billion Metro Cebu Expressway will start next year. Other infrastructure projects set to
be implemented are the construction of two channels, which will start this year, at the corner of
N. Bacalso Ave. and F. Llamas St. in Cebu City at a cost of P750 million and on UN Ave. corner
Plaridel St., Mandaue City for P1 billion. The DPWH recently conducted the public bidding for the
construction of two channels. In a press conference, DPWH Secretary Mark Villar told Cebu
media that the expressway project was proposed by Presidential Assistant for the Visayas Michael
Lloyd Dino to solve the worsening traffic problem in Cebu. Villar said that he spoke with Dino
about the expressway
project, which is already
in advanced planning,
and it will be funded by
the DPWH under its
budget for 2018. Villar
said that the expressway
project will have
expanded roads, new
roads and tunnels in
certain areas. He said
that there were surveys
conducted from Naga
City to Danao City, where the expressway will be constructed, to ensure continuity of its
implementation. We can expect that within the term of President Duterte, this expressway will be
completed, Villar said. The Metro Cebu Expressway is part of President Dutertes master plan
for a golden age of infrastructure, he added. Villar thanked Dino for consistently pushing for the
implementation of the expressway. For his part, Dino said the project will help traffic congestion
in Metro Cebu. The Palace official said that the project has been enrolled in the Duterte
administrations #BuildBuildBuild programs of the DPWH and the Department of Transportation.
Dino said that traveling from Naga to Danao nowadays will take several hours, but with the
expressway, the travel time will be cut by more than half. The expressway project has the
support of businessman Kenneth Cobonpue, chairperson of the Regional Development Council 7.
Cebu Chamber of Commerce and Industry president Melanie Ng also said that the expressway
will have a big impact on Metro Cebus economy.