NEDA BOARD APPROVES FIVE INFRASTRUCTURE AND SOCIAL DEVT PROJECTS WORTH PHP147.0 BILLION
MANILA—During its 10th Meeting with President Benigno S. Aquino III as chair, the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) Board approved five infrastructure and social development projects worth PhP147.0 billion.
Below are the projects approved during the NEDA Board meeting:
1. Cavite-Laguna Expressway (CALAX) Project
Description: The project involves the financing, design, and construction of a new 47.02 km and four-lane expressway from the end of the Cavite Expressway or CAVITEX in Kawit, Cavite to Mamplasan Interchange of the South Luzon Expressway (SLEX) in Biñan, Laguna. The project also aims to provide fast, safe, comfortable, and reliable means of transportation in Cavite and Laguna provinces.
Cost: PhP35.58 billion
Proponent: Department of Public Works and Highways
Implementation schedule: 2012-2017
2. NLEX-SLEX Connector Road Project
Description: The project will complete the north-south industrial development beltway transport axis that consists of a 13.4-km and four-lane elevated expressway through connecting the North Luzon Expressway and SLEX. The project aims to decongest Metro Manila traffic and provide better access to Manila ports.
Cost: PhP25.56 billion (Preliminary cost)
Proponent: Department of Public Works and Highways
Implementation schedule: 2013-2016
3. Adapting to Climate Change Through the Construction of Water Impounding Facilities in the Philippines: Pasa Small Reservoir Irrigation Project (Pasa SRIP)
Description: The project involves the construction of a 36.70 meters-high earth-filled dam across Pasa River with a reservoir of active storage of 4.28 MCM. It also includes the construction of irrigation facilities with a main canal of about 5.93 kilometers (km) and lateral canals of 16.20 km and the improvement of 4,187 meters of farm-to-market roads. The project aims to improve food security and rural incomes by increasing agricultural and fishery production through the establishment of a climate-resilient agriculture infrastructure.
Cost: PhP1.03 billion
Proponent: Department of Agriculture – National Irrigation Administration
Implementation: 2013-2016
4. Change in Scope of the Second Cordillera Highland Agricultural Resources Management Project (CHARMP II)
Description: The proposed changes in the project’s components will entail reallocation of funds among various project components such as the adjustment of the Land Tenure Improvement targets and the scaling down of the documentation and dissemination of indigenous forest management systems, among others. The project aims to help reduce poverty and improve food security of the rural highland indigenous peoples in the target areas.
Cost: PhP2.94 billion
Proponent: Department of Agriculture
Implementation schedule: 2009-2015
5. National Community-Driven Development Project
Description: The project involves, among others, the institutionalization of performance-based Community Driven Development (CDD) support for municipalities that completed at least four cycles of the Kapit-Bisig Laban sa Kahirapan – Comprehensive Integrated Delivery of Social Service (KALAHI-CIDSS) project. Also, the CDD will be continually operated in existing KALAHI-CIDSS municipalities. The project aims to empower communities of poor municipalities to improve access to services and to participate in more inclusive local government planning and budgeting.
Cost: PhP81.9 billion
Proponent: Department of Social Welfare and Development
Implementation schedule: 2013-2018
M.R. No. 2013-006
18 January 2013
