San Miguel Corp. (SMC) has been issued the award notice by the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH), recognizing the conglomerate as the winner for the right to build and operate the 7.15-kilometer Naia Expressway Phase II project.
Who will win the P15.5-billion Ninoy Aquino International Airport Expressway project? Will it be the Manila North Tollways Corp. (MNTC) or the Optimal Infrastructure Development Inc. (OIDI)?
The stage is set for another head-to-head battle between the group of businessman Manuel V. Pangilinan and conglomerate San Miguel Corp.—this time for the P13.61-billion contract to build and operate the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (Naia) Expressway.
South Luzon Tollway Corp. (SLTC) has formally objected to the decision of the Department of Public Works and Highways to allow last-minute changes in the design of the Daang Hari road project without securing the approval of all involved parties.
For more than two long years, the survey-smart Aquino (Part II) administration shilly-shallied on the most vital road projects in Metro Manila since the dawn of civilization: the two by-pass skyways connecting NLEx and SLEx.
The government’s proceeds from the Daang Hari link may be cut in half after it was revealed that the Department of Public Works and Highways approved a last-minute change in the project’s interconnection design without the consent of the operator of the South Luzon Expressway to which the tollway will connect.
A big change is coming to this foreign bank this month after its big bosses overseas decided to finally put a Filipino in charge of local operations.
On a scale of 1 to 7—with 1 being extremely underdeveloped and 7 extensive and efficient by global standards—roads in the Philippines scored a low 3.1 in the 2012 Global Competitiveness Report of the World Economic Forum, according to the Department of Public Works and Highways.
Although President Aquino has backed two rival proposals for the South to Northern Luzon connector road project, the Department of Public Works and Highways has questioned the authority of the Toll Regulatory Board (TRB) to process the implementation of the road alignment to be undertaken by the San Miguel-Citra group.
The Toll Regulatory Board (TRB) believes that the San Miguel Corp.-backed proposal to extend the Metro Manila Skyway to Balintawak, Quezon City, is part of the project’s original terms forged in the 1990s and, as such, is not subject to a new round of bidding, according to agency officials.
It may take P17 billion worth of road and related projects to fully prop up the country’s tourism industry, according to a proposal from the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH).
The government is crafting a road map that will, in effect, “restructure” the water sector—from sourcing to household distribution, irrigation, and the establishment of hydropower facilities.
