Nalakip ang Sugbo ug Bohol sa mga dagkong infra projects sa nasud

Maghisgot man kita’g mga mega infrastructure projects sa nasud karon, kini una: “The largest infrastructure project of the Philippines is San Miguel Corporation's P735-billion airport city. It is set to eventually replace the aging Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA).”

Kuyaw no, San Miguel Corporation. Ato ni. Sa ato pa, ipaagi sa PPP kon Public-Private Partnership scheme. Mao ni akong giingon nga i-tap una nato ang mga dagkung corporation sa nasud, una kita mangimbitar sa taga gawas.

Unsa may maisip nga large infrastructure project? “Some examples include bridges, tunnels, highways, railways, hospitals, airports, seaports, power plants, dams, wastewater projects, Special Economic Zones (SEZ), oil and natural gas extraction projects, public buildings, information technology systems, aerospace projects, and weapons systems.” Mao na, mga higanting infrastructure projects.

Unsa man usab kining mga large-scale construction projects? “Characteristics of large-scale construction works, include all major projects such as construction of a new storey, an expansion in surface area, volume or height, works which change the use of the building, integral refurbishments of existing buildings.”

Aduna kitay total 187 ongoing ug approved reclamation projects sa tbuok nasud, nga mobile og  $397- billion (kamo na lay convert niini to Peso, basta kay mo-trillion kini). 

Ang maong mga projects naglakip niining mosunod: Manila Bay Reclamatiougn, Bulacan Aerotropolis, Cebu South Coastal Development, Cebu City North Reclamation Area - NRA (sa SRP tingali ni), Navotas Coastal Development, Pasay Reclamation, Las Piñas-Parañaque Coastal Bay Development, Panglao Reclamation  (apil gyud ang Bohol da).

Ug nsa man kining Philippine Reclamation Authority (PRA)? Kanhi Public Estates Authority, ang PRA namugna pinaagi sa Presideuntial Decree No. 1084 niadtong Pebrero  4, 1977, “to serve primarily as the clearinghouse for all reclamation projects in the country. It was designated as the agency primarily responsible for integrating, coordinating, and directing all reclamation projects on behalf of the National Government.”

So, maghisgot ka og reclamation, muagi gyud ka sa PRA, ang clearinghouse sa tanang reclamation projects sa tibuok nasud. Aduna kini silay gahum ug awtoridad, “to develop and dispose public lands, to enter into contracts and loan agreements with private, public or foreign entities, and to exercise the right to eminent domain in the name of the Republic of the Philippines.”

Gamhanan gyud kaayo, as far as reclamation projects are concerned. Ang ilang functions, are both regulatory ug propriety. “Its programs and projects are supportive of government’s thrust towards obtaining economic gains by generating local and foreign investments in sustainable reclamation and development projects.”

Lapad kaayo ang functions sa PRA, nga kon tukma ang pagka-managed niini (dili sagulan og something else), makapasulod kini og dugang foreign direct investments (FDI) nganhi sa nasud, tapus of course, ma-tap nato ang kaugalingon natong mga local entrepreneurs. Sama sa Cebu-Cordova link, gipaagi man sa Public-Private Partnership (PPP) scheme.

Ug sama usab sa atong gihisgutan sa unahan nga bag-ong airport ipuli sa daan na kaayong Ninoy Aquino International Airport, nga gi-undertake sa San Miguel Corporation.

Ang mandate ug mga functions sa PRA naglakip sa Regulatory & Proprietary Land Reclamation, Infrastructure Development, Public Estates Development ug Management.