Pasay folk want access to NAIA 3

Smarting from their sad experience in the previous construction of the Metro Rail Transit where monstrous traffic jams was a daily ordeal, concerned Pasay City residents asked the government to construct a vital access road to the Terminal 3 of the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA).

The residents, who have banded themselves into the Protect the Filipino Movement (Profil), said the terminal is already 50 percent complete, yet no spade work has ever been done on the access road meant to ease traffic flow in the area.

Profil leaders recalled that developers of the MRT hastened the completion of the Pasay MRT terminal, but neglected to set in place a parallel plan that would address the traffic mess in the EDSA-Tramo-Malibay area arising from their project.

"The massive traffic buildup in the area is the best evidence of utter government apathy to the welfare of the general public in their eagerness to pursue major infrastructure," said Profil director Adriano Nacorda.

He called on the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) to immediately start construction of the proposed access road since NAIA Terminal 3 is expected to open by end 2002.

Nacorda said his group strongly believes that the development of a world-class international airport is imperative in promoting the country abroad.

"We have an international airport terminal that should have been retired a decade ago, and this does not speak well of the kind of infrastructure our country can offer to foreign investors," he said.