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The Build!Build! Build! Infrastructure Program (BBB) was the infrastructure program of the administration of Rodrigo Duterte, the 16th president of the Philippines.A key component of his socioeconomic policy, the program aimed to reduce poverty, encourage economic growth and reduce congestion in Metro Manila, and address the country's infrastructure gap.
The plan was launched again in 2014 by Citra, PNCC, and San Miguel Corporation. The Metro Manila Expressway, or C-6 Project, is actually Stage 4 of the South Metro Manila Skyway (SMMS). This toll road will stretch from Bicutan to San Jose Del Monte and will then connect to the proposed MRT-7 Project, which will extend to the NLEX. The toll road ...
The project was to be funded through the PPP scheme, but after former President Benigno Aquino III stepped down from office, the project was later shelved. [ 10 ] Preparatory work officially began on December 12, 2018, following a ceremonial drilling ceremony at the front of the Makati City Hall, which is near the site of one of the proposed ...
The project was supposed to be funded by a ₱ 10.6 billion ($228.5-million) funding package, consisting of a World Bank loan of $116 million (₱ 6.4 billion), $25 million from the World Bank Clean Technology Fund, and €50.89 million from the French Development Agency (AFD), with the balance to be provided by the Philippine government. [13]
The plan was to reclaim 3,000 hectares (7,400 acres) of land in Manila Bay, first conceived in 1974. [2] The project, formerly known as Boulevard 2000, [3] was initiated by First Lady Imelda Marcos in 1977, with the creation of the Public Estates Authority (now Philippine Reclamation Authority) to manage the project.
The new BLT Agreement defined the project coverage in two phases: Phase 1, which spanned 16 kilometers (9.9 mi) between North Avenue, Quezon City and Taft Avenue, Pasay, and Phase II, which spanned 5.5 kilometers (3.4 mi) from North Avenue to Monumento, Caloocan. [11] The project was approved by the Cabinet on January 19, 1993. [11]
The Philippine government has commenced a project to develop a locally designed and manufactured Automated Guideway Transit System (AGTS) through its Department of Science and Technology (DOST). Two prototype lines has been set up by the DOST, one within the University of the Philippines Diliman campus and another in Bicutan in Taguig.
The Public Estates Authority (now Philippine Reclamation Authority) was created to manage the project. The plan was to reclaim 3,000 hectares (30 km 2 ) of land in Manila Bay. However, only 660 hectares (6.6 km 2 ) were built encompassing the cities of Pasay , Parañaque and a small portion that lies within Manila .