MANILA – The National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) has approved two projects for the rehabilitation of the once besieged Marawi City.
These are the Rehabilitation and Development Plan (RDP) for a Greater Marawi-Stage 2 and the proposed programs and projects under the Bangon Marawi Comprehensive Rehabilitation and Recovery Program (BMCRRP).
NEDA’s Board Investment Coordination Committee-Cabinet Committee (ICC-CabCom) approved these for possible official development assistance financing.
The RDP for Greater Marawi provides a viable solution for the rebuilding of Marawi City by fully utilizing the capability of various infrastructure projects as catalysts of redevelopment.
RDP for a Greater Marawi-Stage 2, implemented by the Department of Public Works and Highways, involves the following subprojects – construction of a 2-lane Marawi Transcendental Road, Phase 3 (23.90 kilometers) and construction of a 2-lane Malabang Viaduct (1.6 kilometers).
The BMCRRP, on the other hand, include programs and projects in land resource management, social services, physical infrastructure, livelihood and business development implemented by the national government or support local government-implemented projects, and the construction of classrooms for permanent resettlement sites, in view of land-related issues arising from the Marawi siege.
It has five subprojects – the construction of a main outlet drainage system; rehabilitation/improvement of Beyaba Damag Open Channel; Construction of slope protection works along Marawi-Bito Road; construction of main drainage outlet Bangon-Luksadatu Lake Lanao Phase II; and construction of the permanent Rorogagus Bridge.
The RDP for a Greater Marawi-Stage 2, which is expected to be completed by 2022, has an estimated project cost of P6,515,600 and will be funded through official development assistance.
The BMCRRP, on the other hand, has a total cost of P3.451 billion.
Meanwhile, the ICC-CabCom also approved the fourth phase of the Pasig-Marikina River Channel Improvement Project (PMRCIP).
Also under the DPWH, the PMRCIP will put in place flood management infrastructure (i.e. dikes, revetments and floodgates) along the 8-kilometer stretch of the Lower/Middle Marikina River.
The construction of the Marikina Control Gate Structure is also a part of the PMRCIP.
The project will cost P33,097,580 and funded through a loan from the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA).
The ICC-CabCom also approved an increase in cost for the third phase of the same project to P9,028,840 from P7,545,160 due to necessary additional civil works, including dredging works.
The project covers the 5.4-kilometer stretch of the Lower Marikina River, as well as the 9.9-kilometer remaining sections between Delpan Bridge and Napindan Channel covered under the second phase of the PMRCIP.
Furthermore, the ICC-CabCom approved the Road Network Development Project in Conflict-Affected Areas in Mindanao that will construct, rehabilitate and improve the 178.43-kilometer road network in the Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao and its neighboring regions.
The project, which the DPWH aims to finish by 2024, has an estimated project cost of P13,420,190 and is proposed to be funded through a loan from JICA.
The ICC-CabCom also approved in principle the New Clark City High Performance Gymnasium and Sports Museum Project of the Bases Conversion and Development Authority.
The project will feature five floors of indoor and outdoor facilities for sports medicine and sports science that will complement the internationally certified sports facilities built at the Phase 1 of the National Government Administrative Center.
The project will cost approximately P1.6 billion and will be funded through a grant from the People’s Republic of China. (With a report from NEDA/PN)
