By Eddie O. Barrita
An official of the Mactan Cebu International Airport Authority (MCIAA) has confirmed the National Government is set to roll out this year a new P9-billion terminal for the country’s
busiest airport outside Manila.
MCIAA general manager Nigel Paul Villarete said the new terminal for the Mactan Cebu International Airport is part of the administration’s Public-Private Partnership (PPP) package this year.
â€This is actually being studied through a transaction adviser, Deloitte India,†Villarete said.
Villarete said he expects a briefing by Friday from the firm, which, according to its website, provides services in audit, consulting, financial advisory and risk management.
â€Most probably, we will invite Deloitte India to attend the meeting of the MCIAA Board on June 15,†Villarete said.
Earlier, Presidential spokesperson Edwin Lacierda announced in Manila that among the projects to be rolled out this year in Cebu are the Mactan-Cebu International Airport and the Cebu Bus Rapid Transport (BRT) system.
The Department of Transportation and Communication (DOTC) has been conducting a feasibility study of the BRT system in Cebu City, which, according to the proposal, will run from Bulacao in the south to Talamban in the north.
Its model is the public urban mass transportation implemented in Bogota in Colombia, Curitiba in Brazil, Jakarta in Indonesia and in 14 other cities in Asia.
It works like a train system but uses buses instead of train coaches and bus lanes instead of train tracks.
The buses are stairless and passengers pay at specially designed bus stops.
Consultants from the Asian Development Bank are also conducting a study on the feasibility of the BRT system at the 300-hectare South Road Properties (SRP) that will connect to the main BRT.
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