R1ext - Manila-Cavite Expressway (Coastal Road) [Archive]

dreamtime07

September 11th, 2007, 04:37 PM

Cavite road proponent signs P3.5-b loan pact
http://www.manilastandardtoday.com/?page=business02_aug28_2006

By Elaine Ruzul S. Ramos

UEM-MARA Philippines Corp. (UMPC) has secured a P3.5-billion syndicated term loan facility from several local banks to finance the expansion of the Manila-Cavite Toll Expressway from Baclaran to Kawit, Cavite.

Jennifer Bote, executive vice president and general manager of UEM-MARA, told the Standard Today late on Friday that proceeds of the loan facility would entirely go to the construction of the seven-kilometer extension that would connect what was formerly known as the R-1 Expressway from Baclaran to Kawit.

The loan facility is payable in eight years, including a grace period of two and a half years. It will be priced every six months at MART 1 rates.

Bote said proponents of the project were also pumping in an equity amounting to P1.5 billion to finance the project.

“With financing available, we expect full-blast construction of the tollway to begin on Oct. 1. It would take about 18 months to complete this particular segment,” she said, adding that construction was already in progress even before the loan facility was signed last Friday.

Development Bank of the Philippines and BDO Capital and Investment Corp. were joint arrangers of the loan facility. The other participating lenders were Chinabank, Equitable PCI Bank and UnionBank. CLSA was tapped as financial adviser for the facility.

A security sharing agreement was also signed among the lenders at the Continental Room of the Tower Club in Makati City.

Bote said the project, which would cover 11.3 km, would be completed by the last quarter of 2008. The seven-km extension connecting Baclaran to Kawit is covered by segment 4 of the project. Segment 5 will connect Kawit to Noveleta, also in Cavite, extending the toll road by another 4.3 km.

“This is one of the flagship projects identified by President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo in her last State-of-the-Nation Address. Apart from addressing the heavy traffic problems in this part of Metro Manila, this project would also facilitate faster movement of goods from the Calabarzon into other parts of the country,” she said.

“This project, which is 11 years in the making, can finally come to fruition. This will not only decongest Metro Manila but will also reinforce Cavite as an alternative growth hub in the country,” said Reynaldo David, president and chief executive officer of DBP.

Bote said the 11-year delay was brought about by right-of-way acquisition problems.

UMPC chairman Cesar Virata said the project, which would improve transport capabilities in that corridor, was a joint venture between the private sector and government.

“This project has the full support of the Arroyo administration. Even the financing is also a joint venture between DBP, which is a government-owned corporation, and a number of banks from the private sector,” Virata said.

Lito

September 12th, 2007, 05:12 AM

dunno where gen trias is..but will this road lessen the travel time from makati,
or another route perhaps?
as far as i know,there are 2 routes goin to gen trias from makati..
help?

Yes it will lessen your travel time from Makati to Gen. Trias passing on this coastal road, the exit will be in Kawit, Cavite. This road will lead you to Bacao (the other side of CEPZA), sa end ng road na ito you will find Petron gas station left turn ka doon papunta ito Malabon... diretso lang yan ang labas nito ay sa SMC Monterey... Gen. Trias na yan. Pero pangit ang daan dyan.

Mas maganda pa mag expressway or daang hari molino

Sinjin P.

December 30th, 2007, 12:19 PM

Cavite expressway project funded (http://www.mb.com.ph/BSNS20071230112977.html#)
Sunday, December 30, 2007

Wholly-owned Filipino firm UEM-MARA Philippines Corp. is investing P5.5 billion for the extension of the Manila-Cavite Toll Expressway Project that will link Phase 1– R1 Expressway Coastal Road to the province of Cavite

The P5.55 billion will fund for the construction of the R1 Extension Expressway Segment 4 (Zapote-Kawit) of the Manila-Cavite Expressway which is a new 7-kilometer dual two land expressway.

It will be the second of the three phases of works under the 35-year Toll Operation Agreement with the Toll Regulatory Board.

Once completed the entire project will be a 21-kilometer expressway tollway comprising of three phases – Phase 1 R1 Expressway (Coastal Road), Phase 2 – R1 Extension and Phase 3 – C5 Link Expressway.

Construction of the Segment 4 R1 Extension is already ongoing will is expected to start commercial operations in January 2009 employing 320 workers.

The new tollroad is expected to increase accessibility and improve flow of goods and services brought about by the new highway.

apiong

January 1st, 2008, 04:56 PM

http://business.inquirer.net/money/breakingnews/view_article.php?article_id=109796

By Ronnel Domingo
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 04:09pm (Mla time) 01/01/2008

MANILA, Philippines – Two transportation-related projects worth P5.73 billion have qualified for tax breaks and other perks, according to the Board of Investments.

BOI documents show that all-Filipino firm UEM-Mara Philippines Corp. is investing in a P5.55-billion segment of the Manila-Cavite Roll Expressway project.

The 21-kilometer MCTEP consists of three phases: the Coastal Road led, Coastal Road extension and the Coastal Road-C5 Road link.

UEM-Mara will build the Coastal Road Extension segment, which is a 7-km, two-lane road linking Zapote and Kawit in Cavite.

(article continued at link above)

absinthe_888

January 1st, 2008, 05:02 PM

http://www.businessmirror.com.ph/01022008/economy06.html

Manila-Cavite toll expressway construction gets incentives

By Max de Leon
Reporter

WITH its huge impact in the growth of investments and industries in the Cavite and nearby areas, the P5.5-billion project of UEM-Mara Philippines Corp. for the construction of a big portion of the Manila-Cavite Toll Expressway Project (MCTEP) has been granted full incentives by the government.

UEM-Mara will construct the 7-kilometer dual two-lane R1 Extension Expressway Segment 4 (Zapote-Kawit) of the MCTEP.

It is the second of the three phases of works under the 35-year Toll Operation Agreement with Toll Regulatory Board.

The whole MCTEP project is comprised of a 21-km toll expressway consisting of three phases—the Phase 1-R1 Expressway (Coastal Road), the Phase 2-R1 Extension and the Phase 3- C5 Link Expressway.

The expressway, once fully operational in January 2009, will provide a major link from Manila to the province of Cavite.

The Board of Investments (BOI) approved the grant of incentives to the project, as it falls under the heading Physical Infrastructure-Development of Tollroads and Highways-Projects under built-operate-transfer law, as amended by RA 7718.

The BOI, in granting full fiscal and nonfiscal incentives to the project which include income-tax holidays, said the MCTEP is in line with the administration’s agenda for the creation of a logistics system that will facilitate the decongestion of Metro Manila by ensuring efficient linkages between its business centers and nearby provinces.

The project will also relieve the financial and administrative burden of the government on infrastructure projects, thus allowing more allocation to other much-needed projects.

“It has a strong and positive impact on investments in Cavite, particularly in industry and will accelerate the rate of economic growth of the highway corridor,” the BOI said.

The project will generate 320 new jobs for Filipino workers.

Waldenstrom

January 2nd, 2008, 10:42 AM

This will be very beneficial to the seaside towns and city of Cavite. Aguinaldo Highway, however, will continue to rot. But that's another issue. :(

garzland

January 2nd, 2008, 05:30 PM

UEM-MARA to build P5.55-B Manila-Cavite toll road

By MA. ELISA P. OSORIO

The Philippine Star

Local firm UEM-MARA is investing an additional P5.55 billion for the construction of a toll road that will reduce travel time between Manila and Cavite, the 21-kilometer Manila-Cavite Toll Expressway Project (MCTEP).

The new toll road is expected to increase accessibility and improve the flow of goods and services. This, in turn, will fuel economic activity that will result in positive economic growth in terms of employment and income.

It has a strong and positive impact in investments in Cavite, particularly in industry, and will accelerate the rate of economic growth of the highway corridor.

The expressway would have three phases. Phase 1 is the R1 Expressway of the Coastal Road, Phase 2 is the R1 Extension and Phase 3 is the C5 Link Expressway.

The additional investment is for the second phase of the project, the R1 Extension Expressway, which connects Zapote and Kawit, Cavite. It is a seven kilometer dual-lane expressway. This phase expected to be completed by January next year.

Since the project is in line with President Arroyo’s 10-point agenda for the creation of transport logistics system that will facilitate the decongestion of Metro Manila, ensuring efficient linkages between its business centers and nearby provinces, the Board of Investments (BOI) provided the project tax perks.

The activity falls under physical infrastructure – development of tollroads and highways projects under the build-operate-transfer (BOT) law.

The project will relieve the financial and administrative burden of the government on infrastructure project, allowing the government to allocate budgetary funds to other much-needed projects because it is in support of the government’s commitment to facilitate private sector participation in infrastructure development funding.

In the 1980s, the coastal road was a 6.6-kilometer, two-lane asphalt road linking Parañaque and Las Piñas.

Years later, the Public Estates Authority entered a joint venture with a Malaysian group, Majilis Amanah Rakyat (MARA)/Renong Berhad for the construction and completion of the Manila-Cavite Toll Expressway then commonly called R-1 Expressway, and the expansion, extension and modernization of other roadway and tollway systems.

AH-7Raja

January 2nd, 2008, 05:58 PM

any renderings and where in the map it will be built? tnx!

ericlucky290

January 5th, 2008, 07:10 AM

This is quote from GMA's 2007 SONA Technical Report

The ManilaCaviteToll Expressway Project (R1 Expressway Extension), which amounts to P4.30 billion, is an expressway from Kawit, Cavite to Zapote. To be completed in November 2008, the project is currently 15.45% complete, with the construction works in the Zapote Interchange Bridge 24.14% complete.

Source: http://www.gov.ph/sona/sona2007.pdf

ericlucky290

January 5th, 2008, 07:11 AM

This is quote from GMA's 2007 SONA Technical Report

The Manila CaviteToll Expressway Project (R1 Expressway Extension), which amounts to P4.30 billion, is an expressway from Kawit, Cavite to Zapote. To be completed in November 2008, the project is currently 15.45% complete, with the construction works in the Zapote Interchange Bridge 24.14% complete.

Source: http://www.gov.ph/sona/sona2007.pdf

kratos1211

April 20th, 2008, 08:57 PM

Manila-Cavite toll expressway construction gets incentives

By Max de Leon

With its huge impact in the growth of investments and industries in the Cavite and nearby areas, the P5.5-billion project of UEM-Mara Philippines Corp. for the construction of a big portion of the Manila-Cavite Toll Expressway Project (MCTEP) has been granted full incentives by the government.

UEM-Mara will construct the 7-kilometer dual two-lane R1 Extension Expressway Segment 4 (Zapote-Kawit) of the MCTEP.

It is the second of the three phases of works under the 35-year Toll Operation Agreement with Toll Regulatory Board.

The whole MCTEP project is comprised of a 21-km toll expressway consisting of three phases—the Phase 1-R1 Expressway (Coastal Road), the Phase 2-R1 Extension and the Phase 3- C5 Link Expressway.

The expressway, once fully operational in January 2009, will provide a major link from Manila to the province of Cavite.

The Board of Investments (BOI) approved the grant of incentives to the project, as it falls under the heading Physical Infrastructure-Development of Tollroads and Highways-Projects under built-operate-transfer law, as amended by RA 7718.

The BOI, in granting full fiscal and nonfiscal incentives to the project which include income-tax holidays, said the MCTEP is in line with the administration’s agenda for the creation of a logistics system that will facilitate the decongestion of Metro Manila by ensuring efficient linkages between its business centers and nearby provinces.

The project will also relieve the financial and administrative burden of the government on infrastructure projects, thus allowing more allocation to other much-needed projects.

“It has a strong and positive impact on investments in Cavite, particularly in industry and will accelerate the rate of economic growth of the highway corridor,” the BOI said.

The project will generate 320 new jobs for Filipino workers.

*Source: BusinessMirror

absinthe_888

April 20th, 2008, 10:17 PM

jan 2009 target completion date? i don't think so. hehehe

habagatcentral1

April 21st, 2008, 03:17 AM

This will be very beneficial to the seaside towns and city of Cavite. Aguinaldo Highway, however, will continue to rot. But that's another issue. :(

I was thinking, are there any plans for the Bacoor-Imus-Dasma corridor? The Provincial LGU has recognized an overcapacity of 25% for the specific segment of Aguinaldo Highway.

Anyway, I think there is already an alternative road from Anabu to Trece Martires City, and this might complement the Coastal Road-Cavite roads system.

PasigGuy

April 21st, 2008, 01:08 PM

jan 2009 target completion date? i don't think so. hehehe

parang posible next year (not january), kase last week from the plane, nakita ko yung buong stretch ng project, nag land fall na malapit sa coast ng Island Cove Resort!

Waldenstrom

April 22nd, 2008, 07:41 AM

kratos1211

April 23rd, 2008, 12:45 PM

I was thinking, are there any plans for the Bacoor-Imus-Dasma corridor? The Provincial LGU has recognized an overcapacity of 25% for the specific segment of Aguinaldo Highway.

Anyway, I think there is already an alternative road from Anabu to Trece Martires City, and this might complement the Coastal Road-Cavite roads system.

Proposed expressways in cavite.

CALA PROJECTS
a. CALA North-South Road
b. Daang Hari Road
c. CALA Expressway
Description:
CALA N-S Road: Construction of 27.8-km road (Stage 1: 12.98 km; Stage 2: 14.82 km);
Daang Hari Road: Construction of 21-km road:
and CALA Expressway: Construction of 22.7-km road
Implementing Agency: DPWH/NDC-PIC
Cost and Financing:
CALA N-S Road, Stage 1: PhP 5,945M NG-GOCC/PPP
Daang Hari Road: PhP 3,122M NG-GOCC/PPP
CALA Expressway: PhP 9,872M NG-GOCC/PPP
Status of Implementation:
Implementation Period:
CALA N-S Road: 2007-2012
Daang Hari Road:2007-2015
CALA Expressway: 2009-2015
BOT investment proposal for CALA North-South Road, Stage 1 completed & submitted by NDC/PIC to NEDA; ICC processing ongoing; Awaiting DPWH endorsement of the proposal.
No submission yet for the Daang Hari Road and CALA Expressway.

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2402/2436725686_6415e433a6_o.jpg

mygz14

May 20th, 2008, 07:40 AM

Proposed expressways in cavite.

CALA PROJECTS
a. CALA North-South Road
b. Daang Hari Road
c. CALA Expressway
Description:
CALA N-S Road: Construction of 27.8-km road (Stage 1: 12.98 km; Stage 2: 14.82 km);
Daang Hari Road: Construction of 21-km road:
and CALA Expressway: Construction of 22.7-km road
Implementing Agency: DPWH/NDC-PIC
Cost and Financing:
CALA N-S Road, Stage 1: PhP 5,945M NG-GOCC/PPP
Daang Hari Road: PhP 3,122M NG-GOCC/PPP
CALA Expressway: PhP 9,872M NG-GOCC/PPP
Status of Implementation:
Implementation Period:
CALA N-S Road: 2007-2012
Daang Hari Road:2007-2015
CALA Expressway: 2009-2015
BOT investment proposal for CALA North-South Road, Stage 1 completed & submitted by NDC/PIC to NEDA; ICC processing ongoing; Awaiting DPWH endorsement of the proposal.
No submission yet for the Daang Hari Road and CALA Expressway.

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2402/2436725686_6415e433a6_o.jpg

I can see a broken line. It comes from the Manila-Cavite Expressway present exit at Zapote, it extends to Kawit and then extends to Cavite City. Does this mean that the expressway shall end at Cavite City and no longer at Noveleta? Or would this be the proposed viaduct linking Cavite City and Kawit?

Waldenstrom

May 20th, 2008, 07:55 AM

Status of Implementation 2007-2012.. what does this mean? 2008 na ngayon. :(

mygz14

May 21st, 2008, 05:16 AM

Status of Implementation 2007-2012.. what does this mean? 2008 na ngayon. :(

Continuous delay in projects also delays growth in the area. -Sigh-

jcb

May 21st, 2008, 11:54 AM

iba ba yung CALA project sa Manila-Cavite tollway?

Waldenstrom

May 21st, 2008, 12:04 PM

^^ yup, iba yun. :)

neverwinter

May 23rd, 2008, 05:49 AM

There is already planned CALA-NS (Cavite-Laguna) Super Highway. EDSA-like highway from Bacoor-Imus-Dasma all the way to Laguna. I posted this in Cavite thread 2, first pages.

Yes. I know of this project. Any updates?

Waldenstrom

May 24th, 2008, 02:00 AM

^^ you can refer to post #71. That's all I know as of the moment. :)

dinabaw

May 24th, 2008, 04:26 AM

mygz14

May 27th, 2008, 03:08 PM

By Jerome Aning
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 20:15:00 05/27/2008

MANILA, Philippines -- A militant fisherfolk group Tuesday asked former senator and current Philippine Reclamation Authority chair Ramon Revilla Sr., and his sons, Bacoor Mayor Strike Revilla and Senator Ramon” Bong” Revilla Jr. to stop an P8-billion reclamation project along the coastal shores of Cavite province.

The Pambansang Lakas ng Kilusang Mamamalakaya ng Pilipinas (Pamalakaya) said the reclamation of about 7,500 hectares of Cavite's foreshore land off Bacoor, Kawi, Rosario, Binakayan, Noveleta and Cavite City would affect 26,000 fishing families.

"This project is nothing but a roaring cyclone that would practically destroy everything. The people's livelihood and the environment are being sacrificed at the altar of corporate takeover and interest. We strongly urge the Revilla clan to put an end to this reclamation frenzy and let the coastal families continue with their day-to-day life,” Pamalakaya chair Fernando Hicap told reporters.

According to Hicap, the connection of the Revillas was “well established” in the reclamation activities along Cavite’s coastal areas, adding that the reclamation was a “pet project” of the Revilla clan and approved by Malacañang.

“First the senior Revilla is the chair of PRA, the government agency in-charge of reclaiming and selling these reclaimed portions of Manila Bay to developers. Second, Strike Revilla is the mayor of Bacoor, where the project would start; and third, Senator Revilla is the chair of the Senate committee on public works and highways. This leads to a logical conclusion that the Revillas are solidly behind this project,” he said.

Pamalakaya said there were reports that the PRA, formerly the Public Estates Authority, was offering P20,000 per family whose tahungan (mussel growing) enterprises along Manila Bay were first cleared to give way to the reclamation project. Most of the fisherfolk along Cavite coastal towns are mussel growers.

"We would like to tell the Revillas that the compensation for destroyed tahungan is not really main concern of the fisherfolk. What they need is the rehabilitation and protection of their main source of livelihood main source of livelihood and assurance they would be no future reclamation activities along coastal areas” the group said.

Pamalakaya said the reclamation of 4,000 hectares of Bacoor's coastal areas is part of the government's plan to revive the Sangley Point as a major modern logistical hub with seaport and airport that would be provided by reclaimed areas from Bacoor to Cavite City.

The reclamation is also intended to extend the Cavite-Manila Coastal Road project from Bacoor to Kawit, Cavite. Pamalakaya said the seven-kilometer stretch of new road will also affect other nearby towns such as Naic and Tanza.

“[There is a] robbery in broad daylight with Malacañang, PRA and the powerful clans of Cavite engaged in conspiracy to deprive the fishers and urban poor of Bacoor their basic socio-economic and human rights in the name of corporate agenda and promising huge kickbacks," the group added.

SOURCE: http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/regions/view/20080527-139177/Revillas-urged-to-stop-P8-B-reclamation-project-in-Cavite

el_dasik_oo1

May 28th, 2008, 02:49 AM

PasigGuy

May 28th, 2008, 07:52 AM

susmaryosep! Do they even know how hellish the traffic is in Cavite?! :ohno:

Tsaka ngayon lang sila nagrereklamo ng ganyan kung kelan me infrastructure na nakatayo. Ano gusto nila gawin? Iwan na lang nakatiwangwang? Sige kayo magisip ng ikabubuti ng Cavite. :gaah:

...relaks, ang puso mo...,
naisip ko rin yan, kung bakit ba naman kung kelan gumastos na ang govt, at natambakan na yung stretch ng bacoor (talaba) to kawit (island cove), ngayon pa kayo magrereklamo, dapat masaya ang mga Kabitenyo sa project na yan dahil, lagi nalang sinasabi ng mga taga ibang lugar pagpupunta ng cavite "pu......g lugar yan, sobra trapik"

hello??? hindi naman tinambakan/ni-reclaim ang buong Manila bay para hindi kayo makapag tahong!!!!! at kayo nga ang nag dudumi ng dagat nyo
:gaah: talaga ....DUH!!!

barrera_marquez

May 28th, 2008, 07:55 AM

...relaks, ang puso mo...,
naisip ko rin yan, kung bakit ba naman kung kelan gumastos na ang govt, at natambakan na yung stretch ng bacoor (talaba) to kawit (island cove), ngayon pa kayo magrereklamo, dapat masaya ang mga Kabitenyo sa project na yan dahil, lagi nalang sinasabi ng mga taga ibang lugar pagpupunta ng cavite "pu......g lugar yan, sobra trapik"

hello??? hindi naman tinambakan/ni-reclaim ang buong Manila bay para hindi kayo makapag tahong!!!!! at kayo nga ang nag dudumi ng dagat nyo :gaah: talaga ....DUH!!!

^^ oo nga, if they will not learn to take care of their seas, then they are destined to lose it no matter what happens...

Lucentino

May 28th, 2008, 10:11 AM

Well I think most (not all) of the rubble along the shores of Cavite came from the notoriously undisciplined and polluted metropolis called National Capital Region...

The fishermen could be legal residents of Rosario, Cavite City, etc. and not informal settlers...

It can be said that this could be collateral damage --- part of industrialization? These fisherfolks could be relocated to continue with their agricultural spirit.

jcb

May 28th, 2008, 07:17 PM

What the!kaya nga naiinis ako sa mga ganyang grupo kung saan isang project na milyong pilipino ang makikinabang eh lalabanan ng mga ilang libong maapektohan!

Sino ang importante ang milyon milyong Pilipino o libo libo! hay naku

habagatcentral1

May 28th, 2008, 08:07 PM

Well, as what the borg says, "Resistance is Futile" :D

Certainly millions of us Caviteños have been suffering the monstrous traffic which beats MetroManila by 10 to 5 IMO! Although I understand their sentiments, there are some things that needs to be compromised in order for the benefit of the majority of the public and not some...

It will be their fault (those activists and talaba/tahong fisherfolks) if Cavite's traffic situation got worse. Sana isipin din nila ang kapakanan ng karamihan ng mga Caviteño as we have enough of the traffic situation!

The government can do something like a new livelihood program and the like (for those who will be affected), but for those who resist the construction of the new Expressway shall damn the rest of the province into retrogression.

One thing about some militant groups is that they are seemingly myopic and consumed with so much idealism that they are leaving the forefronts of reality. Yes, there might be "tong-pats" in the project, kelan naging hindi? But risking the reclamation project is madness!

Waldenstrom

May 28th, 2008, 08:48 PM

bartstrife99

June 1st, 2008, 11:08 AM

:moods:I agree with you, it took me an hour go to SM bacoor coz of too congested people leaveing beside the road! Halos kulang na alng sa kalsada na sila matulog ehh! dapat Forcedly Relocation dapat gawin dyan at i continue yung projects yan ang main problem dito sa cavite aside from #1Shabu Home and Pusher, #1 Most Teenage Mom:moods:

PasigGuy

June 1st, 2008, 11:14 PM

http://s306.photobucket.com/albums/nn258/rymndfarinas/L1030637.jpg

http://s306.photobucket.com/albums/nn258/rymndfarinas/L1030638.jpg

Kuha ko from KoreanAir flight pabalik MNL (using my LEICA C-Lux1 camera), sensya sobra taas namin kaya malabo (cloudy din) kase nag 5 ikot kme bago mag-land to Naia1.
Obviously, yung stretch ng Manila-Cavite Expressway ay natambakan na towards Kawit shores (near Island cove). Concrete roads nalang at small bridges ang gagawin pa....

Lucentino

June 2nd, 2008, 07:46 AM

^^Looks more like a causeway... nice shot!

mygz14

June 2nd, 2008, 08:10 AM

Cool shot of MCEx

Sinjin P.

June 2nd, 2008, 12:28 PM

Hi PasigGuy, please allow me to clean your photos a little. :colgate:

http://img145.imageshack.us/img145/8297/l1030637vo0.jpg

http://img167.imageshack.us/img167/1699/l1030638mc7.jpg

D'Watcher

June 2nd, 2008, 04:38 PM

construction is moving alright

neverwinter

June 2nd, 2008, 05:32 PM

^^ Is it? I think it's not. I just wish for them to quickly build it! The project's been there for so long. I just hope that it will not be extended until PGMA's last months.

habagatcentral1

June 2nd, 2008, 06:20 PM

A reclaimed area in Binakayan's coastline at Kawit Cavite
http://images.habagatcentral.multiply.com/image/2/photos/182/600x600/48/Aguinaldo00048.jpg?et=Qvn1SMmKuFaPI5N93CI%2BhQ&nmid=99101332

PasigGuy

June 3rd, 2008, 06:33 AM

neverwinter

June 3rd, 2008, 06:37 AM

http://s306.photobucket.com/albums/nn258/rymndfarinas/manila_cavite1.gif

timetable ng MCEx project from DPWH website, mid next year ang target completion, but based on SCTex experience, just add one year delay.. so mga 2010 ang competion, ihahabol before election

See? In one way or another, it will end up tipping-off on PGMA's farewell on 2010. Well, I'm not skeptical or pessimistic about this project. It's just that they always fail what they had promised.

Nevertheless, I am really excited 'bout this project! :)

mwg12a

June 3rd, 2008, 06:47 AM

^^ Is it? I think it's not. I just wish for them to quickly build it! The project's been there for so long. I just hope that it will not be extended until PGMA's last months.

I don't think you can really get them to finish this project right away, first of, they are reclaiming the land and somehow they really needed to wait til it really sits in or something. But once it is finished it would be one of the nicest expressway in the Philippines with a very nice view of the ocean. It would be really awesome once it's finished.

le Reine

June 3rd, 2008, 06:56 AM

See? In one way or another, it will end up tipping-off on PGMA's farewell on 2010. Well, I'm not skeptical or pessimistic about this project. It's just that they always fail what they had promised.

Nevertheless, I am really excited 'bout this project! :)

I don't think you can really get them to finish this project right away, first of, they are reclaiming the land and somehow they really needed to wait til it really sits in or something. But once it is finished it would be one of the nicest expressway in the Philippines with a very nice view of the ocean. It would be really awesome once it's finished.Hehehe. In fact, when you would also consider the original plan for this road, it would have started since the 1920's. Daniel Burnham's plan was a road along Manila Bay, which is Roxas Blvd. up to Cavite and Batangas. So you see, that's how plans work into fruition. :lol:

Goku_25

June 3rd, 2008, 10:22 AM

Hi PasigGuy, please allow me to clean your photos a little. :colgate:

http://img145.imageshack.us/img145/8297/l1030637vo0.jpg

http://img167.imageshack.us/img167/1699/l1030638mc7.jpg

What's this? Is that the intersections being converted to interchanges?

leechtat

June 3rd, 2008, 11:56 AM

bartstrife99

June 3rd, 2008, 03:23 PM

PasigGuy

June 12th, 2008, 05:05 PM

Wow ang ganda ng view ahh parang mata sang part yan ng cavite rotonda ba ang ialalagay dyan sana pag natapos yan wag tayuan ng squatter ung tabi ng expressway malamng may mag tatanim ng bahay dyan pag natapos yan! magadnaa ang view nyan pag natapos parang manila bay view!

hindi roundabout yang ilalagay, interchange ata yan ng papuntang LP at taga LP papuntang Kawit......for sure, yung breakwater ng expressway na yan, pamumungaran ng mga mag-tatalaba at seaweeds...:ohno:

Waldenstrom

June 13th, 2008, 12:55 AM

maganda sana to pag nagawa kaya lang yung view e yung illegal settlers/fishing villages sa Longos. :ohno:

bartstrife99

June 14th, 2008, 03:02 PM

Oo parang ung sa covelandia ba dame illgeal settler's.

Waldenstrom

June 20th, 2008, 04:25 AM

Bakit di pa rin matigil ang pagtatapon ng ticket sa Coastal Road? Grabe nakikita ko namumuti sa dami ng papel. Tapos nakita ko pa, punong puno ng mga basurang papel yung mga bakawan. :ohno:

mwg12a

June 20th, 2008, 05:46 AM

anong bakawan????

RonnieR

June 20th, 2008, 06:08 AM

^^ mangrove trees but bakawan refers to a place where mangrove trees thrive

juandecervantes

June 21st, 2008, 05:06 AM

Well, as what the borg says, "Resistance is Futile"

Certainly millions of us Caviteños have been suffering the monstrous traffic which beats MetroManila by 10 to 5 IMO! Although I understand their sentiments, there are some things that needs to be compromised in order for the benefit of the majority of the public and not some...

It will be their fault (those activists and talaba/tahong fisherfolks) if Cavite's traffic situation got worse. Sana isipin din nila ang kapakanan ng karamihan ng mga Caviteño as we have enough of the traffic situation!

The government can do something like a new livelihood program and the like (for those who will be affected), but for those who resist the construction of the new Expressway shall damn the rest of the province into retrogression.

One thing about some militant groups is that they are seemingly myopic and consumed with so much idealism that they are leaving the forefronts of reality. Yes, there might be "tong-pats" in the project, kelan naging hindi? But risking the reclamation project is madness!

Kailangan natin ng mga "scare tactics" eh....

http://img180.imageshack.us/img180/3731/blondeuglyscaryfunnyrofud6.jpg

niknok

June 23rd, 2008, 01:55 PM

To alleviate most traffic and most of the problems of our country, I think we should contemplate of having traditional politician to line up at Rizal Park ( KM.0 / Luneta) for firing squad. Take for example Sen.Nene Pimentel who disrupted the MMDA road works at Talaba. Widenning of Talaba portion would have certainly resulted in faster traffic going in and out of cavite. That portion serves as a bottleneck. Next to fall in line should be Traffic enforcers who have no common sense. At the Longos flyover, it is common practice for buses to load and unload at both ends, while Cavite traffic enforcers don't react even if I blow my horn at them.

juandecervantes

June 24th, 2008, 02:20 PM

Bosnyboy

June 25th, 2008, 02:22 PM

Sinabo mo from the barangay leaders up to the highest level mga corrupt at tan-ga. Kung nagtratrabaho alng mga barangay leaders eh di sana walang squatters ngayon dahil pinagbabawal talaga yun. Hindi ren sana madumi ang anting kapaligiran at wala sanag sugalan, drug dens at kung ano ano pang illegal. Kung magtrabaho lang sana sila ng tapat at hindi puro pera pera na lang

kratos1211

June 25th, 2008, 02:49 PM

paano naman ipagbabawal ng barangay leader, e sa squatter colony din nakatira. Ang mayor ang dapat sisihin. Siya ang nagpapaordinance ng bagong barangay sa isang lugar kahit illegal ang mga tao doon at kahit maraming batas being violated, sanitation, zoning, building codes, etc in this communities, kaya ang illegal settler lalong tumatapang. All because the mayor tolerates this.

absinthe_888

June 26th, 2008, 09:04 AM

gawa yan ng mga boto nila.

mach_5

June 26th, 2008, 09:54 AM

http://s306.photobucket.com/albums/nn258/rymndfarinas/manila_cavite1.gif

timetable ng MCEx project from DPWH website, mid next year ang target completion, but based on SCTex experience, just add one year delay.. so mga 2010 ang competion, ihahabol before election

anyway san b terminus ng expressway n 'to? Naic b or Ternate? or will it make a loop along the west and south coast of Cavite and will connect to the terminus of STAR Tollway in Batangas City. That must be the route! Exits lng kailangan every town. Mbubuo na Masterplan natin.

juandecervantes

June 26th, 2008, 03:00 PM

^^^^^
Hmm. di ko alam... ang daming iskwater sa planned route nila.

--------------------------------------------
may pics po ba kayo? Kamusta po yung reclamation project?

niknok

July 1st, 2008, 04:15 PM

I would certainly want the likes of BF to become pressident of our country, but since most Filipinos can't differentiate REAL life with REEL life (movies), only the likes of Erap will win.

niknok

July 1st, 2008, 04:18 PM

May I also ask everyone to call the attention of Sec. Serge Remonde who is in charge of INFRASTRUCTURE MONITORING Task Force to register here and give updates. He should regularly update the People of the Philippines on the status of Infrastructure Projects. So that people may know that the government is doing something usefull.

niknok

July 1st, 2008, 04:21 PM

niknok

July 1st, 2008, 04:21 PM

niknok

July 1st, 2008, 04:33 PM

niknok

July 1st, 2008, 04:34 PM

Lucentino

July 5th, 2008, 07:38 AM

niknok

July 5th, 2008, 07:57 AM

Does everyone know that the right of way for the Manila-Cavite Coastal road extension cost P2 Billion. I am still wondering how it reached that amount. I thought manila bay cannot be titled to anybody. What's the breakdown of this cost.

Manila-cavite coastal road the existing one and the extension is the most expensive to use of all our expressways. Class 1 is P3.00 per kilometer.

juandecervantes

July 5th, 2008, 08:00 AM

^^Nobody believes in the SONA except maybe for residents of Region III since they have the most benefits and most projects get implemented for them right away. (Refer to NLEx, SCTEx, Northrail, DMIA, etc.)

Maraming pulitiko diyan sa South Luzon eh. Mga iskwater sa tabi, ayaw paalisan ng mga barangay; boto = iskwater :ohno:

Lucentino

July 5th, 2008, 11:05 AM

bartstrife99

July 11th, 2008, 04:31 PM

^^Yup, politicians clearly and surely have a hand on this... perhaps most government officials in Calabarzon aren't allies of the present administration, and therefore, projects and funds are scarce.

Considering the importance of Coastal Road, CALA Expressway and SLEx, this should all be given utmost priority... the admin has to keep in mind that large chunk of goods for export utilize these roads.

Definitely! Exactly! since Calabarzon Region is considered urban and industrialize that mostly goods and services are mainly export outside the country. imagine a large trailer track pass through Emilio Aguinaldo hi way on the uneven surface of the road made me suck! with lot of squa beside. infrastructure of road should be prioritize in the souther tagalog region.

seven07

July 24th, 2008, 03:50 AM

is there any latest news and updates? pictures?

bartstrife99

July 26th, 2008, 03:48 PM

actually napadaan ako dun last day at na semento na yung lubak na daanan at medyo natabunan na yung part sa intersection ng kawit at centenial road maayus na yung road!

hecky12

July 26th, 2008, 04:49 PM

fyi, Aguinaldo Blvd. na po ang tawag sa Coastal Road. If you will notice the sign in the intersection in MIA Road dun po nakalagay.

as of the moment okay naman yung expresse way papuntang cavite ang pangit lang talaga dito yung tollgate, pagkaiksi-iksi ng expressway meron pang tollgate.

hecky12

July 26th, 2008, 04:54 PM

Last I heard, the target date of completion of Manila-Cavite Coastal road extension is November 2008 (according to SONA2007). Is the project on-track to meet that target?

Sec. Remonde please respond.

on-track naman ang project na ito yun nga lang siempre hindi namag agaran o madalian ang pag-gawa ng expressway lalo na't nasa tubig ito.

hecky12

July 26th, 2008, 04:57 PM

^^Nobody believes in the SONA except maybe for residents of Region III since they have the most benefits and most projects get implemented for them right away. (Refer to NLEx, SCTEx, Northrail, DMIA, etc.)

those expressways you mentioned e nasa lupa po yan kaya madaling matapos, madaling i-ayos compare sa expressway to cavite kasi above water siya and they need to make secure the expressway na hindi masisira agad pag binagyo ang manila bay since nasa tubig nga siya. tinambakan lang kasi ng lupa yan.. tulad ng ginawa sa kinatatayuan ng MOA..

hecky12

July 26th, 2008, 04:58 PM

Maraming pulitiko diyan sa South Luzon eh. Mga iskwater sa tabi, ayaw paalisan ng mga barangay; boto = iskwater :ohno:

yung mga iskwater na sinasabi mo e san ba nanggaling? diba sa metro manila rin?! wala pong iskwater ang cavite. tinatambakan lang ang cavite.

habagatcentral1

July 26th, 2008, 04:59 PM

What is the solution to the traffic congestion of Aguinaldo Highway sector Bacoor-Imus and Dasma?

hecky12

July 26th, 2008, 05:03 PM

^^Yup, politicians clearly and surely have a hand on this... perhaps most government officials in Calabarzon aren't allies of the present administration, and therefore, projects and funds are scarce.

Considering the importance of Coastal Road, CALA Expressway and SLEx, this should all be given utmost priority... the admin has to keep in mind that large chunk of goods for export utilize these roads.

lucky siguro ang Cavite kasi ka-alyado ng presidente ang Gobernador dito. I think hindi lang naman dapat ang cavite, laguna ang sumalo lang sa SLEX meron pang ibang metro manila cities ang dapat tumulong din sa pagaayos nito.

hecky12

July 26th, 2008, 05:09 PM

What is the solution to the traffic congestion of Aguinaldo Highway sector Bacoor-Imus and Dasma?

road widening has been implemented in Bacoor and Imus area kasi dito nga madalas magka-traffic. another solution is yung Manila-Kawit Expressway, pag nabuksan yan lahat ng manggagaling mula sa Cavite City, Kawit, Naic, Noveleta, Rosario and other municaplity banda diyan e dun na dadaan sa Manila-Kawit Hi-way pag bukas na. Sa ngayon halos iisa ang dinadaanan lahat papuntang manila

Dasma? doesnt have a problem with traffic kasi maraming entry and exit points ang dasma. meron kami sa carmona, meron kami thrug gen3, meron din thru molino ang labas e alabang na. Pero meron din road widening in some areas of aguinaldo hi-way.

habagatcentral1

July 26th, 2008, 05:12 PM

hecky12

July 26th, 2008, 05:14 PM

Definitely! Exactly! since Calabarzon Region is considered urban and industrialize that mostly goods and services are mainly export outside the country. imagine a large trailer track pass through Emilio Aguinaldo hi way on the uneven surface of the road made me suck! with lot of squa beside. infrastructure of road should be prioritize in the souther tagalog region.

yung sinasabi mong mga cargo trucks sa Aguinaldo Hi-way oo nga nakakatakot siya kasabay pero yung sinasabi mong squatter along aguinaldo hi-way i think matagal na yung mga bahay dun. at malamang yung tinutukoy mo e yung sa bacoor area near SM.

ang dapat talaga maayos sa cavite e yung bacoor kasi bottleneck ang area na yan e. tapos sinusulong pa nila ang cityhood e diyos ko patawarin.. pero hindi pa dapat.. basura pa lang hindi na sila papasa..

hecky12

July 26th, 2008, 05:18 PM

^^ Which is not enough. Although it has been widened but traffic still lingers. 25% oversaturated ang Aguinaldo Highway. Buti na lang nagbukas na ang Daang Hari sa Anabu.

I think more roads is the solution. Bacoor IMO has been quite improving in its traffic management, however in my hometown Imus, things are getting worse...too many junctions in use in such a small distance (from MCI-Palico-Imus/Nueno-PCI)

sa Imus mejo nasisikipan nga ako sa imus pero ang laki nyang imus na yan mas malaki pa sa dasma pero kasi minsan ko lang napasok yung bandang loob ng imus e.. aguinaldo hiway lang ako lagi and i must say siksikan nga sa loob ng imus.. mukha siya malaki sa aguinaldo hiway pero okay na yun.. hindi naman bottleneck ang imus.

daang hari is in imus ba? diba sa molino yun?! o yung sinasabi mong daan yung malapit sa british school?

habagatcentral1

July 26th, 2008, 05:21 PM

sa Imus mejo nasisikipan nga ako sa imus pero ang laki nyang imus na yan mas malaki pa sa dasma pero kasi minsan ko lang napasok yung bandang loob ng imus e.. aguinaldo hiway lang ako lagi and i must say siksikan nga sa loob ng imus.. mukha siya malaki sa aguinaldo hiway pero okay na yun.. hindi naman bottleneck ang imus.

daang hari is in imus ba? diba sa molino yun?! o yung sinasabi mong daan yung malapit sa british school?

Nasisikipan na nga ako dito eh. Dunno but there is some discrepancy with the traffic management.

Yes, that one in Anabu is still part of Daang Hari.

Although Imus may not be a bottleneck but the congestion due to multiple junctions and mismanagement in traffic, it is fastly becoming a headache.

habagatcentral1

July 26th, 2008, 05:21 PM

^^ I think so. By the way, I think its unnecessary for your posts to be bold as your message is clearly stated naman. :)

But one thing's for sure. Aguinaldo Highway needs an alternative. I'm hoping that with the opening of Daang Hari and Molino Blvd, I hope it can reduce the vehicular traffic in Aguinaldo Highway.

hecky12

July 26th, 2008, 05:27 PM

dun sa picture na pinost ni Sinjin P. ngayon ko lang napansin na may bilog pala banda dun?!

ayos ang ginawa nilang yun ha para hindi na nagka-counter flow sa aguinaldo hi-way... well, nice help yan para sa people of cavite..

hecky12

July 26th, 2008, 05:30 PM

Nasisikipan na nga ako dito eh. Dunno but there is some discrepancy with the traffic management.

Yes, that one in Anabu is still part of Daang Hari.

Although Imus may not be a bottleneck but the congestion due to multiple junctions and mismanagement in traffic, it is fastly becoming a headache.

pasensiya... malabo kasi mata ko e..

ahh. bali extension pala yung daan na yun...

lam mo tama ka.. ang mejo alam ko lang na intersection sa imus e yung nasa patindig araw kasi yun alternative way din yun diba?! plus yung daang hari nga sa anabu ang katapat naman yun e way papuntang gen3. tapos bacoor na..

lochinvar

July 26th, 2008, 08:28 PM

The Achilles heel of Cavite is its road system. Unless it's dealt with urgently, Cavite's investors will start moving out due to the cost of doing business. Every manhour lost is money.

habagatcentral1

July 27th, 2008, 12:20 AM

pasensiya... malabo kasi mata ko e..

ahh. bali extension pala yung daan na yun...

lam mo tama ka.. ang mejo alam ko lang na intersection sa imus e yung nasa patindig araw kasi yun alternative way din yun diba?! plus yung daang hari nga sa anabu ang katapat naman yun e way papuntang gen3. tapos bacoor na..

Ay ganoon? Hehe!! Its ok.
Simula na yan sa Patindig Araw then Robinsons, PCI, Nueno-Toll Bridge, Palico and MCI. These places are known to have such big crowd of waiting passengers plus add to the fact that they do not manage these junctions well.

The Achilles heel of Cavite is its road system. Unless it's dealt with urgently, Cavite's investors will start moving out due to the cost of doing business. Every manhour lost is money.

True. Back in early to mid 90's, a drive from Makati to Imus in a car would only take you less than an hour. Today, you need to alot about an hour just to reach Pasay Rotunda.

hecky12

July 28th, 2008, 06:17 PM

e kasi naman dumagsa na rin ang sasakyan kaya nagka-traffic...

during 1996 when we transferred here in dasma from pasay. yun yung time na ginagawa yung coastal road, building tollgate etc... e heavy traffic na nun.. dun..

kratos1211

July 31st, 2008, 02:05 AM

Inquirer Southern Luzon
Cavite road project stirs poor villages

By Erika Sauler
Southern Luzon Bureau
First Posted 01:12:00 07/31/2008

BACOOR, Cavite – As shaky as the many shanties on stilts and lean-tos on the edges of the Manila Bay in Bacoor town in Cavite are the dwellers’ thoughts of what lies ahead for them when the government pursues a road reclamation project that will lead to an international logistical hub at historic Sangley Point.

“We were just told [by Mayor Strike Revilla] to be prepared,” says Asuncion Boyon, president of the Samahang Nagkaisa ng Coastal Road Inc. “But it hardly clears things up. We might just wake up one morning scooped up by their dumping trucks.”

The seven-kilometer reclaimed road will connect the Manila-Cavite Coastal Road to Kawit town in Cavite under the R-1 Expressway Extension Project of the Philippine Reclamation Authority (PRA) and UEM-Mara Philippine Corp. It will continue inland up to Noveleta town, for a total of 11 km.

Executive Order No. 629, which was signed by President Macapagal-Arroyo on June 21, 2007, directs the PRA to develop Sangley Point in Cavite City into a logistical hub with a modern seaport and an airport, citing the R-1 extension as an enabling component.

Groundbreaking rites were held as early as February 2004, with the President even reminding her audience that she had conceived the project in 1989 when she was assistant secretary of the Department of Trade.

“We are not against their projects as long as they don’t neglect us,” Boyon said. “We would be relocated [to places] where there is no electricity, no water, no school and too far from our jobs. What would happen to us there?”

Relocation underway

According to her, some 1,000 families will be uprooted by the reclamation project. Bacoor officials who conducted a community survey refuse to disclose to the Inquirer how many people will actually be affected.

The Department of Public Works and Highways had promised P15,000 to each family who were already relocated to Tanza town. But some have complained that they were not yet paid the full amount.

In September last year, the provincial Urban Poor Affairs Office issued an order to demolish the slum community, but it was not carried out because of the people’s resistance.

Mayor Revilla said no such order was sent to his office at that time. But his chief of staff, Hector Loyola, said: “The question is not whether there will be a demolition order. The issue here is that they are informal settlers. So whether there is a project there or not, they should be prepared.”

The R-1 Expressway Extension Project will “enhance development and investment because it will ease the traffic,” Loyola said. “Certainly, there would be repercussions or ill effects. But we are acting reactively here because we are not privy to the data.”

40 percent complete

Reclamation activities have already started in some portions of the stretch. The project is close to 40 percent complete, according to the PRA’s deputy general manager, Theron V. Lacson.

Lorenzo Badilla Jr., barangay councilor of Talaba 2, rues that the reclamation has turned the water muddy and damaged their clam farms. “The fishes have been driven away, too, so we have to sail farther to be assured of a catch,” he said.

Some 100 to 150 people were paid P20,000 by the DPWH for their damaged clam farms. But 23 members, including Badilla of the Samahan ng Maliit na Mangingisda, have yet to receive payment.

Although viaducts are available for boats to pass through the reclaimed road, the fishermen complain that when the seawater rises, the inward current makes it cumbersome for them to navigate the boat outward and vice versa.

Badilla said the people would still like to be relocated on-site. “If they would transfer us to just any place, what will happen to our livelihood?”

Flooding woes

Villagers also blame the road project for the flooding in the area, Badilla said. But, Loyola said: “There are no data to show the water level before so we couldn’t establish that. Is it a matter of reality or a matter of perception? It could be due to the reclaimed road or the global climate change.”

Consolacion Tuibeo, 50, has no problem being relocated so long as the place is near the sea. “Even if we are poor, we can just catch fish and we will have something to eat,” she said.

“Look at other countries, a fisherman does not necessarily live near the sea,” Loyola said. “Employment factors include qualification and willingness to work. If you try hard enough, there would always be a source of income. Did anyone look for a job?”

Revilla ‘connection’

On the other hand, Catalina Rosit, 58, says she will accept financial assistance to go back to her hometown.

Loyola is skeptical. “We have a Balik Probinsya program, but nobody wants to take it.”

The Pambansang Lakas ng Kilusang Mamamalakaya ng Pilipinas (Pamalakaya ) recently denounced the “well-established connection of the Revillas” in the widespread reclamation activities along Cavite’s coastal areas.

It also said this “P8-billion pet project of the Revilla clan, in collaboration with Malacañang, would affect the livelihood of 26,000 fishing families.” The PRA’s Lacson, however, estimated the project at P4 billion.

Loyola dismissed the accusation as “clannish.”

“If they have documented evidence, then they should take the proper action,” he said.

“When Mayor Revilla assumed office, the project is already under implementation. He didn’t design the project, he didn’t conduct the consultations and he didn’t package the social cost,” he said.

Bacoor municipal planning officer Sylvia Castro says her office was still requesting a copy of the project literature from the contractor, UEM-Mara Philippines Corp. “It’s a national project. They just informed us for courtesy,” she says.

BOT project

Felix Pontilla, DPWH maintenance engineer in Trece Martirez City, says he has taken the initiative to inquire about the project at PEA Tollway Corp. But, he adds that the staffers were hesitant to divulge project details because they report directly to the Office of the President.

“It’s a build-operate-transfer project, so we are not in charge of it,” Pontilla says.

“We should be a facilitating party, but our role is not clearly defined.” Loyola says. “By policy, we can’t intervene. We could only appeal for the affected families.”

A municipal-based Urban Poor Planning and Housing Affairs Council was created to conduct a census of the community. Loyola says housing projects in General Trias were still being discussed with the provincial Urban Poor Affairs Office.

“We are organizing the community and orienting them with their rights and possible course of actions,” Loyola says. “[The urban poor problem] takes a deeper study, not just by the solver but by those who feel the problem.”

“In 2009, there will be a municipal budget for housing, until then we can’t say if there will be a relocation.” With a report from Niña Catherine Calleja

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3124/2719495994_eca4b7291d_o.jpg
sorry for poor quality

hecky12

July 31st, 2008, 06:18 PM

problem dito yung mga squats sa talaba longos area.. saka yung ibang structures dun..

leechtat

August 1st, 2008, 01:52 PM

thanks @kratos for that picture.. nice plan for the mancav expressway.. the caviteños will benefit from this project in the long-run.. so let's relocate those shanties now..

niknok

August 12th, 2008, 06:22 PM

ano na ang nangyari at mukhang bumagal ang gawa sa coastal road extension. yung road widenning at drainage project sa talaba, natigil na ata.

Lucentino

August 14th, 2008, 07:13 PM

those expressways you mentioned e nasa lupa po yan kaya madaling matapos, madaling i-ayos compare sa expressway to cavite kasi above water siya and they need to make secure the expressway na hindi masisira agad pag binagyo ang manila bay since nasa tubig nga siya. tinambakan lang kasi ng lupa yan.. tulad ng ginawa sa kinatatayuan ng MOA..

I wonder, how long it took to reclaim the land and construct MOA?

the caviteños will benefit from this project in the long-run.. so let's relocate those shanties now..

People from western Batangas will benefit as well.

mygz14

August 15th, 2008, 06:34 AM

I wonder, how long it took to reclaim the land and construct MOA?

I think it was done in 1995 during the PEA-Amari Scandal.

mygz14

August 15th, 2008, 12:01 PM

MANILA, Philippines — A fisherfolk group alliance threatened to file a separate class suit against Environment Secretary Joselito Atienza if he refused to stop government reclamation activities along Manila Bay.

The Pambansang Lakas ng Kilusang Mamamalakaya ng Pilipinas (Pamalakaya) said unbridled reclamation activities contributes to the destruction of the bay.

“We are not happy with the way the national government is treating Manila Bay. We are being blamed for its deterioration. Why us? We are not destroyers of natural resources and marine environment," Pamalakaya chairman Fernando Hicap said in a statement.

“We cannot destroy our main source of livelihood. It is impossible for us to do that, because destroying Manila Bay is like destroying our basis for existence. In fact, we are victims here," he said.

Hicap said his group will discuss the planned class suit with their legal counsel and leaders and members in Bataan, Bulacan, Navotas, Cavite and allies in Parañaque and Las Piñas.

“The real culprits in the destruction of Manila Bay are the national government and its corporate clients performing anti-environment and anti-people businesses along the bay," Hicap said.

He said the government is at fault not just for allowing factories and commercial establishments to discharge toxic wastes in Pasig River and Manila Bay, but also for its baywide reclamation projects.

The militant group said about 20,000 hectares of Manila Bay waters have been subjected to reclamation to pave way for the construction of special economic zones in Bataan and Cavite, the commercial spaces presently occupied by Manila Film Center, the GSIS Building in Pasay City, the Cultural Center of the Philippines and Folk Arts Theater in Manila, and the SM Mall of Asia and other commercial companies in Pasay City.

Pamalakaya said Secretary Atienza has given the state-owned Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation (Pagcor) the environmental clearance certificate to develop the 90-hectare reclaimed casino and resort complex in Manila Bay that will begin in the third quarter of the year.

Pagcor said companies with approved proposals must invest at least US$1 billion for their projects, with initial $400 million investments in the first two years

On top of the $15 billion casino project to be constructed along Manila Bay, Pamalakaya said Secretary Atienza had granted ECC to the ambitious Cavite Coastal Road Project II that would involve reclamation of more than 8,000 hectares of coastal waters along Manila Bay from Bacoor to Cavite City.

Reports said aside from coastal road that would link Manila to Cavite, an international seaport will be constructed and will be annexed to the revive Sangley Point, a former US military base.

Pamalakaya said close to 3 million coastal people in Metro Manila and Cavite are still dependent on fishing as principal source of livelihood, and any move to transform or convert Manila Bay for other purposes like the $15-billion casino project and the Cavite Phase II Coastal Road project will have a killing impact on the livelihood of small fishermen, aside from the fact that they would be demolished from their communities, once construction of support structures and establishments begins.

“From 1992 to 1995, the demolitions of coastal shanties became an everyday ordeal in Pasay Reclamation area. Houses were uprooted on almost day-to-day basis. Small and big time bribery to divide the communities were conducted to facilitate the demolition of coastal communities," Pamalakaya said.

The setting up of casino and resorts, including SM’sMall of Asia was all in the master plan of the government known as Manila Bay Master Development Plan that officially started during the time of President Ramos and projected to end between 2020 and 2025.

Hicap recalled that 3,500 small fisherfolk in the Pasay Reclamation Area, and another 3,000 coastal and urban poor families along the coastal shores of Parañaque, were evicted by the government of former President Ramos to pave way for the construction of the proposed casino that would make the Philippines the Las Vegas of Asia

The militant group said 60 percent of pollution entering Manila Bay comes through the Pasig River, and 80 percent of the pollution comes from industries and commercial establishments situated along the country’s major river system in the National Capital Region. Another 15 percent of the pollution that gets into Manila Bay comes from Pampanga River, which the group said, is colonized by big and small polluting factories.

“The government is blaming overfishing as a major factor in the degradation of Manila Bay. That is a flimsy and ridiculous excuse. The massive privatization and conversion of public lands and coastal communities along the bay since the Marcos dictatorship up to present administration of President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo is the principal reason why Manila Bay is under the Intensive Care Unit, and suffering from environmental comatose," Pamalakaya said. - GMANews.TV (http://www.gmanews.tv/story/113985/Environment-chief-threatened-with-class-suit-over-Manila-Bay-reclamations)

Lucentino

August 16th, 2008, 09:16 AM

^^There you go!

I think it was done in 1995 during the PEA-Amari Scandal.

I think politics (and/or corruption), not engineering, is what hinders the completion of this expressway. Reinforcing reclaimed land doesn't take 10 years!

hecky12

August 16th, 2008, 05:59 PM

I wonder, how long it took to reclaim the land and construct MOA?

yung kinatatayuan ng MOA e panahon pa ni cory yun nang tambakan.. siya ang nagpatambak ng lupa sa manila bay.. not sure lang kung saan nagsimula yung pagtambak nila kung sa libertad hanggang sa mia road or baclaran to mia road lang... after tambakan... nagkaron ng kaso.. because of that so much delays ang ngyari... nung umupo si ramos wala rin ngyari kaya ngayon na lang nadevelop ang lupa sa bay area...

juandecervantes

August 17th, 2008, 02:16 AM

RonnieR

August 17th, 2008, 04:09 AM

^^ good good profound question. These militants obviously DO NOT want progress....for them progress = loss on their objectives.

mwg12a

August 17th, 2008, 06:58 AM

yung kinatatayuan ng MOA e panahon pa ni cory yun nang tambakan.. siya ang nagpatambak ng lupa sa manila bay.. not sure lang kung saan nagsimula yung pagtambak nila kung sa libertad hanggang sa mia road or baclaran to mia road lang... after tambakan... nagkaron ng kaso.. because of that so much delays ang ngyari... nung umupo si ramos wala rin ngyari kaya ngayon na lang nadevelop ang lupa sa bay area...

I think the reclaimation of these part of Manila bay started during Marcos Regime, that area where CCP, folk Arts theather, PICC etc are all reclaimed area, it just progressed further.

hecky12

August 18th, 2008, 06:57 PM

@mygz14

yup.. yan nga yung scandal.. yung amari..

hecky12

August 18th, 2008, 07:04 PM

I think the reclaimation of these part of Manila bay started during Marcos Regime, that area where CCP, folk Arts theather, PICC etc are all reclaimed area, it just progressed further.

that i do not know nakatayo na yan nung pinanganak ako e and i think walang naging problema diyan tuloy tuloy siguro ang development nung area.. yung kinatatayuan ng toyota bay, moa and the rest e panahon ni cory yan.. yun nga nagkaproblema.. hindi na naasikaso kasi ang inintindi niya e yung paghanap sa pumatay sa asawa niya.. and ngayon lang natayuan ng establishments ang area..

PasigGuy

August 19th, 2008, 04:02 AM

ano ba gusto nila, magtalaba habang panahon!!:gaah:
this is clear sign of progress for these folk

Waldenstrom

August 19th, 2008, 04:39 AM

niknok

August 25th, 2008, 04:48 PM

according to the 2008 SONA technical report
http://www.gov.ph/sona/sona2008.pdf
32. Manila-Cavite Toll Expressway Project or R-1 Expressway Extension (7km.)
P5.65 Billion Zapote, Las Piñas to Kawit, Cavite
DPWH
39.49% complete
completion date 2010 (November 2008 from last years sona )

What happened?! Sec. Remonde of Infrastructure Monitoring Task Force please explain.
Prime Minister Cesar Virata please explain what is happening with your project.
I hope the media people would highlight the discrepancy.

33. Daang Hari-SLEx Link Road (4.0 km.)
P1.39 Billion
Muntinlupa
NDC Timeline to be revised
The Alabang Sto. Tomas
Development Inc. (ASDI), through the National Development Council (NDC),
received the green light to undertake the project on 26 May 2008.

42. LRT Line 1 South Extension Project
P36.20 Billion
Pasay City, Manila to Bacoor, Cavite
DOTC, LRTA
June 2012
Proposals for the project’s implementation scheme are currently being evaluated by
the newly created Project Review Team composed of the DOTC, LRTA, and the Provincial Government of Cavite.

hiiamdib

August 28th, 2008, 12:50 AM

niknok

September 24th, 2008, 06:51 AM

What happened to covelandia road. Why was the other end portion near Tirona Hi-way left out. Is it not part of the kawit noveleta diversion road project which was concreted by Kamagong Builders ( Congressman Abaya Family owned construction firm. FYI: Cong. Abaya is also part of the Aguinaldo clan, just like Prime Minister Virata). Now that it is raining its full of potholes which would soon become craters.

juandecervantes

October 5th, 2008, 04:18 AM

alam ko na may sunog sa Coastal Expressway noong nakaraang linggo.. walang nasaktan?

Wolf1968 ^_^

October 5th, 2008, 06:08 AM

what the sobrang traffic talaga..kasi naman ang tagal maayos nitong expressway na ito..

bartstrife99

October 5th, 2008, 01:15 PM

bumiyahe ako kahapon at so far ang bilis nga ng biyahe ko, at napasin ko parang may flyover bang gagawin sa expressway at tagal nga lang matapos dapat pwesahan ng alisin yung mga iskawter sa tabi para matapos na agad!

niknok

October 11th, 2008, 08:20 AM

Sana ibalik na lang sa MMDA yung pag-gawa sa longos-talabe area project. To hell with Sen. Pimentel, di naman sya ang nahihirapan d2 sa Cavite. Ang DPWH napakabagal gumawa. At nakakatawa pa, Yung corner right before St.Dominic sidewalk and gutter sinemento pero di ko nakita hukayin at lagyan ng drainage. Result laging baha up to Niog. One lane Manila bound not passable, horrendous traffic.

mygz14

October 12th, 2008, 09:07 PM

Really, this project is progressing very slowly.

niknok

October 17th, 2008, 06:58 AM

tuloy pa rin ang pag semento ng sidewalk sa aguinaldo hi-way talaba bacoor near st. dominic habang ang darinage ganun parin barado at di ginagawa.

Lucentino

October 17th, 2008, 10:27 AM

^^Hi niknok, is that St. Dominic road to Daang Hari/Paliparan still closed?

lochinvar

October 17th, 2008, 05:39 PM

The progress of this project is too darn slow. Magtatalaba na lang kaya muna ako.

bartstrife99

October 19th, 2008, 04:20 PM

The progress of this project is too darn slow. Magtatalaba na lang kaya muna ako.

You should start now! :lol:

miguel09

October 19th, 2008, 04:39 PM

http://mw2.google.com/mw-panoramio/photos/medium/5824803.jpg

saan ito lugar

niknok

October 26th, 2008, 03:35 AM

Lucentino,

I'm not really sure of the progress of that project. However, months ago I see many cars coming out from that road in the morning. Lately, I only see motorcycles.

How about at the other end of Coastal road at Tambo, Parañaque(Coastal Mall corner)? Is there no plan to build a flyover at that intersection.

bartstrife99

October 26th, 2008, 01:56 PM

dreamtime07

October 26th, 2008, 03:30 PM

http://mw2.google.com/mw-panoramio/photos/medium/5824803.jpg

saan ito lugar

sa De La Salle Dasmarinas yan, san mo to nakuha? ako kumuha neto :)

kratos1211

October 27th, 2008, 01:18 PM

^^:gaah:

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3071/2978082093_a04578faa2_o.jpg

mwg12a

October 27th, 2008, 01:28 PM

Damn, I wish that was a bigger print, I can barely make out of what was written there...

miguel09

October 27th, 2008, 08:22 PM

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v98/Hanks/16.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v98/Hanks/18.jpg

dreamtime07

October 30th, 2008, 02:17 PM

http://mw2.google.com/mw-panoramio/photos/medium/5824803.jpg

saan ito lugar

@kratos, miguel09

ako kumuha nyan, sa panoramio ko yan, sa tabi yan ng Museum ng De La Salle Dasmarinas, kaya cobbled walk yan kasi ang theme dun ay parang intramuros.:)

jpdm

November 22nd, 2008, 02:55 PM

parang may flyover na gagawin dyan sa may coastal.. may nakita akong foundation pang fly over.

Yup may flyover na ginagawa.

Now, they are excavating an area near the existing flyover going to Coastal....

Delikado Shell...baka mangyari katulad ng Caltex dun at iba pang mga establishments dun...

I thought early 2009 ang tapos nitong extension na ito. Ang tagal...

Waldenstrom

November 27th, 2008, 01:19 AM

^^ it looks like it will be finished in 2010. the construction is slow imo.

kratos1211

November 27th, 2008, 04:08 PM

video originally posted by [dx] from another thread (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=28614196&postcount=811)

68m70bvtwnk&eurl

You can see the cavite expressway extension from 2:44 :)

D'Watcher

November 28th, 2008, 12:14 AM

wow!!! it is shaping up!

sushi___

November 28th, 2008, 06:03 AM

^^ it looks like it will be finished in 2010. the construction is slow imo.

uso yan dito sa PINAS slow mo, papogi.. puro dakdak... puro wala lang.. ilang administrasyon na... wala pang viable na infra , patumpik tumpik... ang bagal... mediocre growth .... :ohno::ohno::ohno::ohno:

totally hopeless and the impending crisis sa mundo? challenge pa ito sa gobyerno... at mga maingay pa na opposition at mga admin na nagpapabango./.. sino na ba ang mga natitira talagang may sinceredad na simulan at tapusin ang mga infra na ito... pinapasa pasa lang tapos di matatapos... NINGAS KUGON... di na tayo aasenso... STUCK na tayo.. in a RUT!

habagatcentral1

November 28th, 2008, 03:30 PM

11-27-2008

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ferny123

November 28th, 2008, 03:33 PM

comeon dont be so pesimistic hahah pray nalng. pero ganyan talaga ang pinas! sana lng matuto ang future generations. hahah

sa coastal road din ba dadaan ung proposed lrt extension??

Waldenstrom

November 29th, 2008, 11:10 AM

niknok

December 5th, 2008, 10:14 AM

GDOSSIER - Drive Through Animation of 1998 R1 Viaduct Expressway
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hyf3e0ngA-w

I dont know if its the same plan being implemented, as the the autocad model says 1998

c0kelitr0

December 5th, 2008, 10:18 AM

alright!!! sana nga matapos na yan, slowly but surely ;)

barrera_marquez

December 5th, 2008, 01:25 PM

GDOSSIER - Drive Through Animation of 1998 R1 Viaduct Expressway
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hyf3e0ngA-w

I dont know if its the same plan being implemented, as the the autocad model says 1998

Kailan kaya ito? Hindi pa ba tapos tabunan ang extension?

KnightAtac

December 17th, 2008, 03:04 PM

Kahit dalawa na ang Maliksi sa Cavite, lalong bumagal ang development dito; dagdagan mo pa ng Revilla ulit, wala talagang pagbabago.

Hindi ko aasahan yang coastal extension project na yan. Nasa walang disiplina at no traffic law/rules enforcement ang problema ng traffic.

Mga inutil ang nasa CTMO at pulitiko sa Cavite. Hindi sila (pulitiko) kikilos sa traffic kasi may mga wang-wang sila at escorts na panghawi sa atin para makapagcounterflow sila anytime. Road widening at sidewalks clearing hinintay pa MMDA ang gumawa gayong jurisdiction nila ito. Wala talaga!

Yung mga pedestrian flyovers na projects nila, hindi naman nagagamit halos. Walang nanghuhuli ng jaywalking.

1. Imus Market and Zapote Market are eyesores. Ang pamilihan ang salamin ng bayan? Ito pwede kong paniwalaan. :lol:

2. Longos, Talaba, Niog, SM Bacoor, then the longest-to-travel multiple-intersection on Imus-MCI-Puregold-7 Eleven - Nueno - PCI(BDO) - Robinsons Imus - Patindig Araw (where small roads are given higher priority in traffic than the Aguinaldo HIGHWAY):bash:

3. Hindi paghuli sa mga illegal loading/unloading points near or in-front of major intersections and establishments, see above (may camaraderie or fraternity na yata mga CTMO at mga BS na drivers na ito). Yung CTMO sector head sa may Longos, kitang-kita na nya mga bus na illegal nagbababa/nagsasasakay sa foot ng Longos flyover, deadma lang. Bakit? Advance na ba ang multa sa kanila?:nuts:

4. Hari pa ng kalye minsan mga tricycles gayong bawal bumiyahe sa mga national roads ang mga ito. Malapit ng maging Cabanatuan sa dami ng tricycles sa Imus, sige pa rin yata ang franchising approvals. One tricycle-is-to-one resident ba ang ratio na plano nila?

5. Bakit ang daming trucks papuntang Manila during night rush hour gayong may truck ban sa Metro Manila until 9 or 10pm yata? Isa lang tumirik sa mga ito, gulo lalo during rush hour.:ohno:

6. Walang ka-landscape landscape, walang zoning, dami ng subdivisions, tapos isang napakakitid na daan ang pinaghahatian. Sign ng Christmas Capital of the Philippines sa Imus boundary??? Ayos:cheers:

Suggestion ko lang: huwag na nating iboto itong mga trapos. Para sa bagong Cavite, bagong Caviteno dapat ang maglead para tumino ito. Pag mga trapo pa rin binoto natin, aakalain nila, okay pa rin ginagawa nila. Ilang taon na silang nanunungkulan, wala pa ring mapagmamalaking bago at maunlad sa Cavite. Maraming lang tumitira dahil malapit (na malayo) sa Maynila.

winztotoy

December 18th, 2008, 03:11 AM

^^^ No comment... Sanay na kami. This is our life in Cavite, a prehistoric life.

habagatcentral1

December 18th, 2008, 03:19 AM

lochinvar

December 18th, 2008, 04:07 AM

Di na bali, Isang tambak naman ang mall at maraming subdivision. :banana: :banana:

sushi___

December 18th, 2008, 07:59 AM

^^ Sa sobrang ganyan ng scenario, bata pa lang ako pinoproblema ko na yan...pero dahil wala pa ring pagbabago...nagmamanhid na ako sa inaction sa Cavite, as in manhid na manhid na dahil pagod na pagod na't nasobrahan na ako ng frustration sa Cavite. Masyadong malaki ang potential nito na pinababayaan at hayaang mahuli dahil sa mga trapong yan (lalo na yang mag-ama na yan na walang ginawa sa infrastructure pa lang!)

Cavite...so close (to MetroManila) yet so far (because of travel time). :bash:

same with Rizal area and Pasig (going to Rizal) ... SO CLOSE YET SO FAR:nuts:

Eusebio isa ka din bang trapo? tagal nyo na sa Pasig ah... yung Ortigas Extension di nyo man lang mapaluwag ng todo, yung road widening nyo sagabal pa sa traffic, magisip naman kayo ng mas mainam na infra...

Waldenstrom

December 18th, 2008, 11:13 AM

Di na bali, Isang tambak naman ang mall at maraming subdivision. :banana: :banana:
you forgot to mention factories and industrial estates :D

mygz14

December 18th, 2008, 02:44 PM

Going back to the Coastal Road project, I hope that this indeed can be completed by the Second Quarter of next year. :)

habagatcentral1

December 18th, 2008, 03:03 PM

^^ It should because traffic is getting worse by the day...

mygz14

December 18th, 2008, 04:40 PM

^^ It should because traffic is getting worse by the day...

And another suggestion, I hope they expand and put side railings along Centennial Road.

angelneo

December 19th, 2008, 02:38 AM

habagatcentral1

December 19th, 2008, 02:45 AM

^^ Ay...no offense na brad para sa akin (ewan ko sa iba)...as in Cavite needs more than just Coastal Road extension to alleviate the traffic system pa lang...Sa totoo lang, wala akong bilib sa kasalukuyang pamahalaan ng Cavite...pwera na lang kung may tatayo laban sa mga mammoth na mga trapos...

Its been a decade since the traffic jams started and Cavite didn't do anything to alleviate itself...Given that the factories and subdivisions sprout here like mushrooms, they should've anticipated the growth with constructing vital infrastructures...

Sa totoo lang, I'm frustrated with Cavite. So many potentials left untapped because of rampant politicking..

KnightAtac

December 19th, 2008, 06:55 AM

Guys, hindi ako pulitiko at lalong di ako kakandidato. Patindi lang talaga ng patindi traffic sa Cavite. Parang magulong zarzuela na paulit-ulit nangyayari. Parang walang pamahalaan sa Cavite minsan naiisip ko.

Ma-highlight sana ulit ang plight ng mga ordinary people na nagko-commute sa Aguinaldo Hway halos araw-araw at magkaroon ng madaliang solusyon sa problema sa trapik na noong nag-aaral pa ako nangyayari (which is about 12 years ago).

Nakita ko may mga pictures at videos na naka-post. Baka pwedeng dagdagan pa natin ng mga kuha ng mga abusadong traffic enforcers, arrogant traffic violations ng mga red-plate vehicles kasama na mga (doubtful) ambulansya, PUJ at PUB drivers, etc. at ilagay dito sa forum na ito.

Try ko rin i-post ang mga reklamo sa ireport ng abs-cbn baka sakaling mapili na ma-feature ang Cavite traffic problem.

Akalain nyo pila ng mga sasakyan from Longos to Anabu na walang galawan minsan. Ilang sasakyan at tao yung naapektuhan. Exaggeration siguro kung economic sabotage na matuturing ito, pero malaking perwisyo sa oras, pagod at gas consumption ang nangyayari.

What do you think? :nuts:

habagatcentral1

December 19th, 2008, 07:59 AM

Ano kaya...gawa kaya ako ng "Aguinaldo Highway" thread...dedicated to the Achilles heel of Cavite....:nocrook: :D...pero seriously...para naman siguro mapromote natin sa buong Pinas thru the forums that Cavite and Aguinaldo Highway needs immediate attention na.

Waldenstrom

December 19th, 2008, 08:16 AM

^^ You can do that. IMO, Aguinaldo Highway's problem is already of national scale.

niknok

December 22nd, 2008, 05:39 AM

with a few days left for the year 2008 how come I don't see projects in full swing. Take for example the Talaba porion widenning in Bacoor, Cavite.

I thought Sec. Ebdane ordrered last month the fast tracking of projects. Bale wala naman pala order nya, di siya sinusunod the mga tao niya.

niknok

December 22nd, 2008, 05:48 AM

with regards to ambulances, kanina may nakasabay ako nadalawang ambulance ng AFP , nag e escort ng isang multicab na may dalang mga upuan na plastic, with both ambulances using their siren and blinkers and also followed by a red plate isuzu crosswind. wala naman talagang effort to curb illegal use of government vehicles including ambulances. I for one have tried several times to e-mail task force red plate of the ombudsman, but no action was taken.

lochinvar

December 22nd, 2008, 06:45 AM

Hindi lang sa highway, mukhang natutulog na rin yata ang Sangley Point Project. Dapat ay magkaroon ng EDSA I & II version sa Cavite.

Calling for Aguinaldo I for all Cavitenos. :horse:

barrera_marquez

December 22nd, 2008, 06:53 AM

Hindi lang sa highway, mukhang natutulog na rin yata ang Sangley Point Project. Dapat ay magkaroon ng EDSA I & II version sa Cavite.

Calling for Aguinaldo I for all Cavitenos. :horse:

Not to mention the Bagong Barrio Revolt in Caloocan City na kung nag-protesta ang mga tao para magkaroon sila ng station. Unlike ibang projects na nagpo-protesta para mapahinto ito dahil apektado sila. Ito naman, nag-protesta para maitulak ang proyekto dahil apektado rin sila. Sana lahat ng tao ganito...

Waldenstrom

December 22nd, 2008, 10:13 AM

Hindi lang sa highway, mukhang natutulog na rin yata ang Sangley Point Project. Dapat ay magkaroon ng EDSA I & II version sa Cavite.

Calling for Aguinaldo I for all Cavitenos. :horse:
Almost all the mayors of Cavite are supporters of the current administration. I don't know why these projects are sleeping. A peaceful protest is indeed very needed.

mygz14

December 22nd, 2008, 11:00 AM

Be Part of the Revolution. :)

bartstrife99

December 22nd, 2008, 12:47 PM

Agree ako sa iba sa inyo itapon na ang mga TRAPO mga wala kwenta naman ang nakaupo dito sa kabite wala ng ginawa kundi mag palaki ng B*Y*G sa upuan. sa darating na 2010 sabay sabay na tayung bumot ng Karapatdapat at di Political Dynasty na wala naman ginawang maganda! masyado na tayung napapagiwanan sa ibang lugar!

kratos1211

December 24th, 2008, 05:54 PM

Toll rates on Coastal Road, STAR to go up by 18-25%
By Rainier Allan Ronda Updated December 25, 2008 12:00 AM

As oil prices continue to drop, motorists plying the Southern Tagalog Arterial Road (STAR) and the Manila-Cavite Toll Expressway have to brace themselves though with an 18 to 25 percent increase in toll rates starting Jan. 1, 2009.

The Toll Regulatory Board (TRB) approved the implementation of the regular adjustment on the toll rates on STAR and the Coastal Road earlier this month.

The increase is reportedly in line with the provisions of the tollway concession agreements with the builder-operators of STAR and Coastal Road, whose toll rates were last increased in 2006.

No toll increase is expected on the North Luzon Expressway, South Luzon Expressway, Subic-Clark-Tarlac Expressway and the Skyway, the TRB said.

According to notices published in newspapers, the Manila-Cavite Toll Expressway, also known as the R1 Expressway, will increase from P18 to P22 for Class 1 vehicles or light cars, P36 to P43 for Class 2 or light trucks and buses, and P54 to P65 for Class 3 or heavy trucks.

Goku_25

December 25th, 2008, 02:00 AM

mygz14

December 25th, 2008, 09:26 AM

Coastal Road, STAR toll rates to soar 18-25% by Jan (http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/nation/12/25/08/coastal-road-star-toll-rates-soar-18-25-jan)

The year 2009 brings a new set of challenges to motorists as toll rates at the Manila-Cavite Toll Expressway (Coastal Road) and the Southern Tagalog Arterial Road (STAR) increase by 18 to 25 percent.

The Toll Regulatory Board (TRB) said the increase on January 1 next year was in line with provisions of the tollway concession agreements with the builder-operators of STAR and Coastal Road, whose toll rates were last increased in 2006.

Coastal Road toll rates for Class 1 vehicles or light cars will increase to P22 from P18. Class 2 vehicles or light trucks and buses will have a toll rate of P43 from P36, while toll rates of Class 3 vehicles or heavy trucks will cost P65 from P54.

For the STAR, toll rates from Santo Tomas to Batangas City will soar to P55 from P44 for Class 1 vehicles, P109 from P88 for Class 2 vehicles, and P164 from P131 for Class 3 vehicles.

STAR's toll rates at Stage 1 (from Santo Tomas to Lipa City in Batangas) will go up to P29 from P24 for Class 1 vehicles, P58 from P47 for Class 2 vehicles, and P87 from P71 for Class 3 vehicles.

At the tollway's Stage 2 (from Lipa City to Batangas City), rates will increase to P26 from P20 for Class 1 vehicles, P52 from P40 for Class 2 vehicles, and P77 from P60 for Class 3 vehicles.

as of 12/25/2008 2:14 PM

habagatcentral1

December 25th, 2008, 02:51 PM

^^ IMO, wala naman masyadong nagrereklamo sa pagtaas ng rate from P18 to P22 sa mga cars...laging nirereklamo lang naman eh yung trapik...:lol:

mygz14

December 26th, 2008, 07:43 AM

Group mulls petition vs Coastal Road toll hike plan (http://www.gmanews.tv/story/141247/Group-mulls-petition-vs-Coastal-Road-toll-hike-plan)

MANILA, Philippines -A commuter group on Friday said it is planning to ask a court to prevent toll hikes at the Manila-Cavite Toll Expressway (Coastal Road) and the Southern Tagalog Arterial Road (STAR).

Elvira Medina, chair of the National Council for Consumer Protection (NCCP), said they are talking to their lawyers about a possible legal recourse for the increase scheduled for January 1.

The NCCP was also responsible for the latest slash in jeepney, taxi, and bus fares after its petition for a provisionary fare cut before the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board was approved earlier this month.

The Toll Regulatory Board (TRB) earlier said that the toll adjustment – the increase ranging from P4 to as high as P17 – was long overdue since the last hike in the two major thoroughfares happened two years ago.

The commuter group leader said the timing of the hike was suspect, saying it would work against commuters because they would be unable to petition before concerned government agencies as state workers are currently on holiday break.

Medina slammed the TRB for the toll increase, saying the move would cause the prices of goods being transported in and out of Metro Manila to climb too due to a rise in transportation expense.

Based on the new rates, the toll for vehicles plying the Coastal Road would increase between P4 and P11. The adjustments are as follows:

Class 1 vehicles or cars: P22 (from P18);
Class 2 or light trucks and buses: P43 (from P36);
Class 3 or heavy trucks: P65 (from P54).

Over at the STAR, toll charges at Stage 1 (from Santo Tomas to Lipa city in Batangas) will increase to 29 from P24 for Class 1 vehicles, P58 from P47 for Class 2, and 87 from P71 for Class 3.

From Lipa to Batangas city or STAR tollway’s Stage 2, toll rates for Class 1 vehicles will go up to P26 from P20. Rate for Class 2 vehicles will increase to P52 from P40, while toll for Class 3 will increase to P77 from P60.

TRB spokesman Julius Corpus, however, was also quoted in the same radio report as assuring that toll at the North Luzon Expressway and the South Luzon Expressway will remain unchanged. - Mark Merueňas, GMANews.TV

sushi___

December 27th, 2008, 01:01 AM

cool_blue

December 27th, 2008, 07:39 AM

^^ IMO, wala naman masyadong nagrereklamo sa pagtaas ng rate from P18 to P22 sa mga cars...laging nirereklamo lang naman eh yung trapik...:lol:

Yeah right, the perennial traffic is the number 1 complaint! :bash:

Jake_noypi

December 28th, 2008, 06:45 AM

^^Increase again but the salary of Filipino people has not been increased for the term of Gloria Arroyo

sushi___

December 29th, 2008, 07:47 AM

^^Increase again but the salary of Filipino people has not been increased for the term of Gloria Arroyo

you sure? beg to disagree with that... under her term most salaries of govt employees increased (i know), for private corporations , i think after almost 10 years, all salaries increased... where I work at, the salary has been increasing based on industry trends... , anyway... OT ulit :D

lochinvar

December 29th, 2008, 08:49 AM

Allegations should strongly be supported by facts otherwise it just become hackneyed and becomes boring.

niknok

January 4th, 2009, 03:26 PM

I would not mind the toll increase for MCTEP if they would include a flyover at Tambo, Paranaque as one of the improvements.

habagatcentral1

January 19th, 2009, 06:19 AM

mwg12a

January 19th, 2009, 06:47 AM

What's the cause of the traffic jam??

habagatcentral1

January 19th, 2009, 06:48 AM

^^ Wala...volume of vehicles lang coz its a Friday. Everyone is rushing home towards suburbian Cavite and Batangas.

mwg12a

January 19th, 2009, 06:52 AM

Yikes!!! It calls for road widenning and expansion again then... maybe LRT/MRT service to and from Cavite????

pi_malejana

January 19th, 2009, 06:56 AM

^^ sadly though, the idea of extending LRT to the southern suburbs were already proposed years ago and yet nothing's really happening...

habagatcentral1

January 19th, 2009, 07:01 AM

^^ A decade ago kamo...and no action is coming from the provincial government of Cavite regarding the traffic situation...They are so bulok!

Cavite has so much potential yet mismanaged ang urban planning....

Waldenstrom

January 19th, 2009, 07:19 AM

I'm hopeful that traffic situation will improve by the 2nd quarter of this year when Exressway extension opens. :)

winztotoy

January 19th, 2009, 09:28 AM

^^ On top of expressway extension, completion of molino-coastal road link will surely ease traffic congestion...

habagatcentral1

January 19th, 2009, 10:40 AM

^^ And I hope LTFRB would open up new routes for buses as well for Daang Hari and Molino.

KnightAtac

January 19th, 2009, 04:42 PM

This is Coastal Road last Friday...

http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h291/berniemacksouthcentral/14452ef7.jpg
Southbound for Cavite and Las Pinas. Kakaalis pa lang ng toll gate. And it took 2 hours from Toll Gate to Longos Junction.

Tindi nyan nung Friday talaga January 16, 2009. Papuntang Manila 1.5 hours from Anabu to Longos at 5pm.

Then pag-uwi namin, 10pm na, ang tukod nasa coastal toll pa rin. I had to make a U-turn and pay again the toll. Nakita namin na pinahinto na ng mga PEATC police ang traffic before the toll to Cavite. Bakit kaya? Counterflow at 10pm???

Ikot kami sa Sucat, Casimiro, bandang Southmall then labas ng Molino, Pag-asa then Anabu. Isang oras inabot.

Kapal ng mukha ng mga CTMO. Ang hilig ng Counterflow (going by their new name talaga Counterflow Traffic Mismanagement Office). Nililipat lang naman nila ang traffic. Worst, parehong direction na ang traffic.

10% ng traffic management lang pinaiiral nila. Yung pag enforce ng No Loading / Unloading rule sa mga kanto, hindi mapasunod. Panay lang kaway.

Two lanes lang halos ang Aguinaldo Hiway. Pagdumating ka sa isang intersection like Talaba, Niog, SM Bacoor, Meadowoods, IMC, Puregold, Imus, BDO, Robinson's Imus, Patindig Araw, isang lane sakop na ng kakaliwang mga sasakyan, habang yung isang lane sa mga BS na PUVs (kasama na tricycle) na walang patumagang humihinto din sa tapat ng mga kumakaliwa or pagtawid ng kanto.

Meron naman traffic sign at enforcers, wala namang hinuhuli. Advance na talaga ang multa ng mga iyan malamang thru JODA, TODA, BODA at mga PUTA.

Kaya pag hindi hinuli today, gagawin ulit ng mga lintek na yan ang illegal loading unloading sa kanto mamaya, bukas, sa makalawa. So nakita nilang hindi hinuli, so yung mga nakasunod na PUVs sa kanya, ganun din gagawin. Zarzuela talaga.

Kung implement nila ang traffic rules dyan, luluwag ang traffic. Kung nakita ng kapwa driver niya na hinuli talaga yung mga nagbreak ng traffic rules, di rin nya gagawin yun, dahil aware siya na may parusa. Okay lang sana kung traffic while being implemented ang rules. Wala, parang anarchy sa kamay ng mga tuod na traffic enforcers. Napansin nyo, parami sila ng parami, pero pagulo ng pagulo.

Tingin ko kung hindi mga engot ang mga traffic enforcers sa atin, parang sinasadya na nilang magkatrapik para suportahan ang effect ng coastal road extension. Sa tingin ko talaga, hindi makikinabang gaano ang mga motorist at commuters dyan banda sa Aguinaldo Hiway. Dapat implement ang traffic rules and regulations. Hulihin mga BS na drivers.

Sa US, di naman kailangan ng maraming traffic enforcers, mismong mga pulis na rin nanghuhuli. Takot karamihan ng drivers sa police kasi strict ang enforcement ng traffic rules. Pasensiyahan na lang. Mga kababayan natin, babait mag-drive sa US.

O sige, di naman tayo nasa province ng US, pero hindi naman tayo nasa gubat di ba :ohno:

KnightAtac

January 19th, 2009, 05:08 PM

Guys I suggest na we put this into action.

For a start, siguro paggawa tayo ng mga stickers sa sasakyan na ang nakalagay is similar to the following then bigay/idikit natin sa mga private cars (prior to their approval) na dumadaan sa Aguinaldo Hiway :

Hate CTMO - Di Maliksing Cavite
CTMO - Counterflow Traffic Mismanagement Office
Cavite Traffic? Email to: wastegas@cavitetraffic.bs.com

watchatink?

lochinvar

January 19th, 2009, 05:15 PM

"Hate CTMO - Di Maliksing Cavite"

Medyo blurred. Maliksi ang Cavite sa maraming bagay, i.e., factories, malls, new neighborhoods, etc. Calzada ang problema. I think it should be:

Hate CTMO - Cavite di Maliksing Calzada

winztotoy

January 20th, 2009, 01:32 AM

The design of aguinaldo hi-way does not accommodate vehicles turning left(plus may mga jeep pa na nakaparada sa kanto). Napakaraming intersection sa aguinaldo at napakaraming lumiliko sa kaliwa para pumunta sa establishment sa kabilang side ng road. This is where the problem is.

One lane at median should be converted into a striped yellow lane to accomodate these vehicles so that they will not impede the flow of traffic when they prepare to turn left... pero masikip na ang aguinaldo para isingit ito and im not sure if drivers know the purpose of this lane. Wala pa akong nakikitang ganito sa saan mang sulok ng maynila. Baka isipin lang nila na overtaking lane ito.

But again, ang nakikita ko lang solusyon is the completion of coastal road and another expressway linking coastal road and SLEX. 2005 pa ata to sinimulan, 2009 na ngayon.

Maliksi ba ang mga gumagawa dyan?

mygz14

January 20th, 2009, 06:50 AM

In my opinion, Coastal Road will be connected to SLEX via Kawit - Centennial Road - Tanza - Daang Hari Extension. Am I right?

niknok

January 21st, 2009, 03:01 PM

from http://www.dbm.gov.ph/gaa2008/Disk20/DPWH.pdf
page 4 (2008 DPWH Budget)

3. Improvement/Widening of Manila-
Cavite Road (Kawit-Noveleta Diversion
Road/CEZ Diversion Road), Cavite
including RROW acquisition 90,000,000
d. CALA Daang Hari Road Bdry. Muntinlupa-
Imus-Tanza-Cavite including ROW 243,850,000
e. Construction of Daang Hari Road-Aguinaldo
Blvd. (R1 Expressway) Extension Link Road
(Imus - Kawit, Cavite) 50,000,000
f. Improvement/Widening of Aguinaldo Highway
and other Related Roads in Bacoor, Cavite
(Phase II) (Intermittent Sections) 63,150,000

Projects that I think did not materialize
===
I can't find the copy of 2009 dpwh proposed budget. I'll try to look for it again.

However I've noticed last tuesday the
Construction of Daang Hari Road-Aguinaldo Blvd. (R1 Expressway) Extension Link Road
(Imus - Kawit, Cavite) has started. You'll notice it right after villa ramirez corner of Kawit-Noveleta diversion road. However, how do they plan to link it to R1 extension? By widenning Kawit-Noveleta diversion road? When do they plan to do that?

hecky12

January 21st, 2009, 03:11 PM

yung sa bacoor.. na clear na yung sidewalks pero wala pang nauumpisahan na pagco-concrete dun.

Paul George Alcala

January 22nd, 2009, 04:12 AM

Grabe talaga ang traffic sa Cavite. From Salitran, Dasma going to SM Bacoor or vice versa kadalasan 1 hour ang byahe dahil sa traffic sa Imus.
Kapag sinimulan na ang LRT(SANA! sa April 2009 ayon sa LRT website) grabeng traffic lalo yan. Yung 4 lanes magiging 2 lanes lang. Sana lang bilisin kung gagawin nila ito. Di na ako maniniwalang gagawin itong LRT unless makikitang may nasisimulan na

Yung sa Salitran sana matapos na ang widening. Ang pangit tignan ng roads dito.

niknok

January 22nd, 2009, 05:49 AM

hecky12

January 22nd, 2009, 08:07 AM

Grabe talaga ang traffic sa Cavite. From Salitran,Dasma to SM Bacoor kadalasan 1 hour ang byahe. Sobrang traffic na sa Imus. \

Kapag sinimulan na ang LRT(SANA! sa April 2009 ayon sa LRT website) grabeng traffic lalo yan. Yung 4 lanes magiging 2 lanes lang. Sana lang bilisin kung gagawin nila ito. Di na ako maniniwalang gagawin ito unless sinisimulan na

ANo na nga pala nangyari sa widening ng SALITRAN? hanggang ngaun di pa tapos

walang sobrang traffic dito sa dasma... ang umpisa ng traffic ay dun sa patindig araw sa imus, dun nagsisimula ang traffic going out of dasma kung meron mang traffic sa salitran e yun yung mga papasok ng salitran area lang.

yung widening sa salitran? sa bungad ba ito ng aguinaldo hiway? kasi sa pagkakaalam ko tapos na yun.. yun na yung widening niya.. dun lang kasi nagkakatrafic sa kanto na yun dami kasi sasakyan dun e.

malabo pa ang lrt south extension kung matuloy man with the next administration e hanggang niog lang siguro ang matatapos..

hecky12

January 22nd, 2009, 08:11 AM

sa talaba, bacoor walang kwenta ang contractor LRT Builders. Kinayod na a month ago yung sides, hanggang ngayon di pa na aspalto o na semento. Ano ba ang ginagawa ng DPWH Cavite, samantalang may order si Sec. Ebdane na tapusin lahat ng priority projects this year 2009.

Problema kasi daming inumpisahan, wala naman atang matatapos na project.

Buti naman at ililipat na si Sec.Remonde kasi sa infrastructure monitoring task force wala naman siyang pinalalabas na updates. Kundi sana monthly at least quarterly may report sila.

wala naman kasing nagawang maganda ang dating mayor ng bacoor na si Castillo e and among others.. grabe... anong petsa na hanggang ngayon yung drainage system pa rin ng bacoor ang inaatupag.. anu ba yan.. high school pa ako problema na ng bacoor yan... tignan mo till now bahain pa rin sa bacoor..

ferny123

January 22nd, 2009, 01:24 PM

no pain no gain....

jpdm

January 22nd, 2009, 01:46 PM

ako din medyo kinahihiya ko ang Cavite. sobrang pangit ng pagkaplano (kung meron man) ng mga kalsada/zoning. napakakitid tapos ang daming subdivision. ang bagal pa bago matapos ng mga projects, especially the Coastal rd.
sensya na sa mga Caviteños pero you need to do something about this.. take criticisms constructively na lang sana..

Ok lang. tama naman yung sinasabi mo. Kulang talaga sa pagpapaplano.

Di pa marunong mag manage ng traffic ang CTMO.

Yung mga road projects sobrang bagal.

Yung short cut from Coastal to St.Dominic to Niog to Molino may part na putol that causes to much traffic.

That damn Coastal extension ala atang nangyayari.

Yung SM Bacoor intersection grabe! They should have come up with another exit going to Aguinaldo highway far from the intersection.

Yung mga bwusit na mga mal edukadong mga driver na mahilig mag counter flow hindi sinasaway.

Anyway, come 2010, somebody should win aside from these trapos who have not done anything good to our beloved province.

KnightAtac

January 22nd, 2009, 03:59 PM

Please see Satellite image of R1 extension on where it will go and serve:

http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f290/Edgizach/CoastalRoadtoImus.jpg

If you are living in Cavite City, Naic, Noveleta, and Kawit, this will be THE THIRD ROAD to and from your place. The other two are Tirona Hiway and Bacoor-Binakayan Road.

I hope I am wrong, but for those living in Imus, Dasma, Silang and Batangas, this will have very little effect. The R1 extension road is going away from these places. Baseless hype of traffic improvement pag nagawa!

Most of the problem is happening on the intersections within Aguinaldo Hiway.

CTMO is allowing the illegal loading/unloading very near the intersections of Talaba, St. Dominic, Niog, SM Bacoor/Meadowoods, MCI-Puregold-711-Imus BDO, and Patindig Araw. :nuts: Traffic na nga rito, may mag U-turn pa nga dito (Imus-BDO and 711) o kaya S-turn (Puregold criss-crossing).

Bakit ina-allow ng CTMO ang mga walanghiya?

Ewan ko, baka bayad na yung multa at/o takot sa mga TODA, BODA, JODA at PUTA (public utility transport association). Mas siga mga yun eh, balita ko parang may kaso yata na nag-guns-for-hire pa na dumale sa isang traffic enforcer sa may Imus.

Kaya, if you can't beat them, CTMO joined them na manggulo. Ewan ko talaga. Pang Third World ang traffic management dito sa Cavite. Walang ka-science science. Panay counterflow. Ilan na bang buhul-buhol na trapik, aksidente at napatay nitong counterflow na ito? Nakabalik na yung Cebu Pacific flight ng Manila-Iloilo, tayo palabas palang ng dulo ng traffic.

Pagpapasok ka sa Manila sa umaga, kakabahan ka baka traffic sa Aguinaldo. Pagbabalik ka na, yun din iisipin mo. Tapos mga pulitiko at kahit sino man basta naka red plates, anytime pwedeng mag counterflow at wang-wang. Kapal ng mga bwiset!

Wag ninyo na boto itong mga trapo na ito talaga, please!