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P2-B Capitol budget approved


MASSIVE road projects top the list of projects to be financed by Cebu province in 2006 with the approval of the P2 billion budget during a special Provincial Board session yesterday.

The proposed 2006 budget is P310 million more than the P1.7 billion budget this year.

A total of P520 million will be spent for various road and bridge projects of Gov. Gwendolyn Garcia.

Garcia has, as an election promise, vowed to construct at least 150 kilometers of road in the towns. Local government units also stand to receive financial assistance amounting to P287 million.
Health services came in as the recipient of the third highest allocation with P153 million set for the purchase of health insurance, medicines, supplies, as well as improvement of district hospitals.

With only minor amendments, the budget was approved by nine board members out of the 10 legislators present during the special sessions.

Board Member Raul Bacaltos, the only opposition member present, abstained during the voting. "There were flaws in the procedure," he said.

The proposed appropriation, he said, did not pass a budget hearing and was not covered by a committee report.

Bacaltos asked the most questions of the budget during the sessions.

Governor Garcia submitted Cebu Province's largest-ever annual budget to the board last October. It was referred to the committee on budget chaired by opposition member Gabriel Luis Quisumbing.

Quisumbing failed to conduct budget hearings three times because of difficulties in mustering a quorum.

Allied members of the governor voted to discuss the budget during last Monday's sessions prompting opposition members to walk out.

The other board members then scheduled a special session that paved the way for the budget's approval yesterday.

http://www.cebuplus.com/Cebu/lrt.jpg
INTEGRATED TRANSPORT SYSTEM

We envision an Integrated Transport System that would feed into an LRT connecting to Mactan International Airport, the proposed Cebu International Port and into the Tourism Corridor with the main terminal located at the Sheraton Hotel located beside SM City wherein Cebu passengers can connect to the North through the North Coastal Road and to the South through the South Reclamation Project.

guys, do you have pics of the SRP tunnel.. i cant find them.. please include it here.. thanx

^^They are at the Proposals thread.

check out the Cebu UC's marvs :D

waaaah!!! ang dami na cebu threads.... libog man sad ta. :D

^^ don't make libog! that's bad :no:

waaaaa... kabastos kay nag libog libog...:D

^^They are at the Proposals thread.

pls move them here. Proposals/UCs are for buildings only. Sorry for not clarifying earlier.

http://img490.imageshack.us/img490/9446/srp210ka4cz.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img458.imageshack.us/img458/4016/srp17pd1hw.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

hi sugbuanon,
where will this "kawit amusement park" rise ? is it the tip corner of south reclamation properties, where the coastal road makes a S-curve on the first map ?
rds. richard

METRO CEBU CORRIDOR

We envision the creation of Metro Cebu Tourism Corridor running along the length of the road between the Mandaue reclamation and Kawit Island South Reclamation Project or the Macarthur / Serging Osmena Ave. through the coastal road.

http://www.cebuplus.com/Cebu/corridor.jpg

http://www.cebuplus.com/Cebu/corridor2.jpg

The tunnel's latest U/C pics. (photo courtesy: slerz)
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b396/arnoldsa/srp01.jpg

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b396/arnoldsa/srp02.jpg

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b396/arnoldsa/srp03.jpg

hi sugbuanon,
where will this "kawit amusement park" rise ? is it the tip corner of south reclamation properties, where the coastal road makes a S-curve on the first map ?
rds. richard

yup its that small piece of land protruding from SRP..

http://img358.imageshack.us/img358/4862/imgp98518my.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
http://img358.imageshack.us/img358/6325/imgp98521ls.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
formerly Kawit Island now part of mainland Cebu
http://img369.imageshack.us/img369/6441/imgp98615be.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
bridge leading to the exit and tunnel

these pictures where taken early this year though. just wanna share it with you guys.

Thanks for the pics slimer... Very nice..!

I thought this was a modern version of Fort San Pedro (phot below)
http://img358.imageshack.us/img358/4862/imgp98518my.jpg

so you Cebuanos got any more maps or information about the Metro Cebu corridor map?


i feel jealous cause it's definately something Manila would benefit from:D

You know, I noticed that Cebu implements projects faster than in MM. Sa Metro Manila, dadaan pa sa butas ng karayom ang mga 'to dahil sa politika. Look at North rail, it took them long to start it kasi daming :blahblah:

Tapos yung Naia 3 na yan dami ring :blahblah:

Anyway,
Wishing the best for Cebu.

http://img458.imageshack.us/img458/4016/srp17pd1hw.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
I've noticed that there's a provision for Sergio Osmena's tomb in the map. Was Osmena buried in that plot prior to the reclamation or is he going to be reburied there? Im just wondering cause it's kinda weird finding a tomb next to an amusement park. :dunno:

sergio osmena has long been buried somewhere else.. i think it will be just a statue of the late cebuano president..

from askal82 : ....You know, I noticed that Cebu implements projects faster than in MM.....
THANK GOD !

I hope and pray NAIA III opens before MCIA II!!!

sergio osmena has long been buried somewhere else.. i think it will be just a statue of the late cebuano president..

Are they gonna put a park around the monument as well? ala Rizal Park, then SRP will look like Roxas Boulevard

Cebu Mountain View

http://www.myislandsphilippines.com/data/568/2683P1060313.jpg?8642

Are they gonna put a park around the monument as well? ala Rizal Park, then SRP will look like Roxas Boulevard

i have no idea but i hope it will be like the rizal park so it would complement the jogging lane in the area.. it would surely be a good place to relax after burning some extra calories.. :D

^^ then they could put a mcdo sa unahan, and we can all celebrate the calories lost with a bigmac, circle of life

http://www.dpwh.gov.ph/infrastructure/InfrastructureProjects/IPRegion07/IP_SanRemegio7.gif

http://www.dpwh.gov.ph/infrastructure/InfrastructureProjects/IPRegion07/IP_Toledo-Asturias7.gif

Flyover junction near AsiaTown IT Park

The space below the flyover has been landscaped just like the flyover in Cebu Business Park. I hope the two flyovers in Mandaue will also be beautified. As of now, the flyovers in Mandaue are very dusty and full of vendors below but eventually they will be rehabilitated in time for the ASEAN Summit.
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b396/arnoldsa/flyover01.jpg
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b396/arnoldsa/flyover02.jpg

Eight lane avenue at the Mandaue Reclamation.
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b396/arnoldsa/mandauerecla.jpg

Six-lane Sergio Osmena Avenue in North Reclamation. This avenue connects the Mandaue Recla and the South Road Properties via the subway tunnel. If the area where this avenue is located will be further developed with the sprouting of hotels, offices and condominiums, it will surely look like Roxas Boulevard (especially too if the International Port will relocate in Cordova). As of now, only SM Sheraton Hotel, SM City Mall, and other buildings stand proud along the avenue.
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b396/arnoldsa/IMG_0115.jpg

Gorordo Avenue lined with centuries old Acacia Trees.
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b396/arnoldsa/UP.jpg


When the Marcelo Fernan Bridge was completed, its center span was the longest in the world for a Cable-stayed bridge (forgot the correct name of the type of the bridge).
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b396/arnoldsa/mactanbridge.jpg


I've noticed that there's a provision for Sergio Osmena's tomb in the map. Was Osmena buried in that plot prior to the reclamation or is he going to be reburied there? Im just wondering cause it's kinda weird finding a tomb next to an amusement park. :dunno:



I think he's buried at the Osmena Cemetery just near the Cuenco-Manguerra Mausoleum (near North Recla).. Maybe they have a plan to transfer his remains to a park dedicated to him at the SRP.

Cebu city, Oh, I wish i can go there.

......Six-lane Sergio Osmena Avenue in North Reclamation. This avenue connects the Mandaue Recla and the South Road Properties via the subway tunnel.....

hi arnoldsa,
is there some kind of map showing the connection of all the expressways (more than 2-lane, like german "autobahn") from south of metro cebu to north, out of town, and possibly over to mactan ?

Cebu city, Oh, I wish i can go there.

now na! hehe :okay:

parang hirap nun makamit, hinihiling pa sa wish :lol:

sumali lang kayo sa Wish ko lang ng GMA 7 o di kaya sa Willingly Yours ng ABS-CBN.. :D

I hope and pray NAIA III opens before MCIA II!!!

baka mamaya i-synchronize pa nila ang opening ng NAIA-3 sa MCIA-3 :D

^^ :lol: Grabe na talaga if that would be the case. :colgate:

@richard fischer

I guess there's already an aerial map that was posted in the other thread.. Here it is --> http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=298351&page=4&pp=20

here it is... edited.
http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c396/Slerz2/ssccebumap1qo.jpg

^^ Cool slerz! Thanks for the map to show us where Cebu's major development will be. :okay:

Construction of Mabolo flyover begins this year


A third flyover will be built in Cebu City this year, barring any hitches in government?s plans and funding.

This will be at the junction of F. Cabahug St. and Juan Luna St. (the old San Jose de la Montaña) connecting to the Ayala access road, according to its proponent, Rep. Raul del Mar.

Del Mar said the third of his proposed network of six flyovers will cost about the same as the approved budget for the second flyover, which he pegged at a little over P70 million.

An initial budget for the facility was approved, and the National Government?s 2006 annual budget will cover the rest of it. Del Mar hopes the Department of Public Works and Highways will start the bidding early this year.

The network of flyovers will spare Cebuanos from the traffic gridlocks now suffered daily by Metro Manila residents, del Mar said.

Widening roads and creating more access roads are solutions that have already been milked dry, he added.

The first of the network was built at Juan Luna and Archbishop Reyes Aves. in 2001. The second was completed in 2003, at the Escario St. and Archbishop Ave. intersection.

The fourth and fifth flyovers will be located at Archbishop Ave. and Escario St. and M.J. Cuenco Ave. (Mabolo corner) and Juan Luna Ave., respectively. (GAC)

Cebu City as of the moment has only 2 flyovers :bash:
Mandaue City has already 2 and Talisay City has 1...
Cebu City really has very poor road infras...

^^ At least we have 4 more flyovers to be constructed in Cebu City.
The first flyover in Lapu-lapu City, too, will be constructed.
New access roads in Lapu-lapu City, connecting to the Airport Road will be constructed too!

:applause: An applause to Cebu's Infra Boom!

First Flyover in Lapu-Lapu? Where in Lapu-Lapu?

im not really fond of flyovers, it ruins the view, and i hate the "manila-look" of flyovers crisscrossing an intersection, parang ewan. but if theres no other way, ok na lang din, basta lagyan ng greens yung ilalim like what they did in escario and under the fernan bridge on the l.a.pupu side, may mga plants.

pero mas maganda sana kung tunnel na lang, wahahaha!

is the road from the airport to cebu city all the way (crossing the new bridge) a 4 lane highway ?

im not really fond of flyovers, it ruins the view, and i hate the "manila-look" of flyovers crisscrossing an intersection, parang ewan. but if theres no other way, ok na lang din, basta lagyan ng greens yung ilalim like what they did in escario and under the fernan bridge on the l.a.pupu side, may mga plants.

pero mas maganda sana kung tunnel na lang, wahahaha!

I agree with you, pag may flyover, expect na mas marumi ang paligid pero Cebu badly needs those flyovers now (tunnel sana mas maganda, clean and safe)...
May napansin rin ako, flyovers here in Cebu are like scraps.. I mean flyovers in Manila and Davao are well made, smooth but here it's so bumpy and rough, I dunno why :bash:

I agree with you, pag may flyover, expect na mas marumi ang paligid pero Cebu badly needs those flyovers now (tunnel sana mas maganda, clean and safe)...
May napansin rin ako, flyovers here in Cebu are like scraps.. I mean flyovers in Manila and Davao are well made, smooth but here it's so bumpy and rough, I dunno why :bash:

Flyovers just have a nice top view. :D
With fairness and equality to our flyovers, they're fine since I compared it to Manila's when I went there last summer.

First Flyover in Lapu-Lapu? Where in Lapu-Lapu?

The first flyover in Lapu-lapu will be built along Maximo Patalinjug Avenue (the street directly straight the Old Mandaue-Mactan Bridge). This is to lessen the traffic in Basak. ;)(

Flyovers just have a nice top view. :D
With fairness and equality to our flyovers, they're fine since I compared it to Manila's when I went there last summer.

I dunno with Manila's flyovers now coz the last time I went there last 1995, I find their flyovers better than here sa Cebu... ;)

The flyover's construction is a headache for motorists and passengers but once it is finished, you could feel the ease.

The first flyover in Lapu-lapu will be built along Maximo Patalinjug Avenue (the street directly straight the Old Mandaue-Mactan Bridge). This is to lessen the traffic in Basak. ;)(

Then it will be a nightmare for workers in MEPZ II who lived in mainland Cebu.

I dunno with Manila's flyovers now coz the last time I went there last 1995, I find their flyovers better than here sa Cebu... ;)

I hope we could get flyovers like that of Manila's. Kanang magsapaw-sapaw. :D

I hope we could get flyovers like that of Manila's. Kanang magsapaw-sapaw. :D

Ay, ayaw lang na... samokan man gd ko ana, maalihan ang mga beauty sa mga buildings if you see them from the streets. ;)
tunnel is the best:okay: , mura rag wala tan awn ba nga di kaayo advance ang road infras pero naa diay sa ilawm sa yuta daghan nag agi agi :D

^^ Right now, I think Cebu city should start building its mass transit instead in anticipation of more developments and population increase. I hope they don't follow Metro Manila's mistake. Yes, the overpasses and flyovers are ugly if they are not planned right. Look how they murdered EDSA with those giant concrete structures that seems to spiral out of nowhere.

is the road from the airport to cebu city all the way (crossing the new bridge) a 4 lane highway ?

Mactan Airport to ML Quezon Ave. intersection in Lapu-Lapu City - 4 lanes
from Quezon Ave intersection to 2nd Mactan Bridge - 6 lanes
2nd Mactan Bridge has 4 lanes then 8 lanes approaching U.N. Avenue in Mandaue City. The city proper has 4-6 lanes, leading to Cebu North Reclamation road which has 8-10 lanes. Then at least 6-lane road from reclamation area going to Mabolo and Cebu Business Park, Cebu City.

I can't rememeber how wide the roads are in Downtown Cebu. :)

Downtown Cebu normally has 4 lane roads...
From downtown Cebu to Pardo passing along N Bacalso ave, 6 lanes... from Pardo down to the intersection of a higway from SRP, 4 lanes... then 4 to 6 lanes upto the Municipality of Minglanilla, Municipality of Naga and probably upto Municipality of Carcar.

From 8 - 10 lane highway in North Reclamation area upto plaza independencia leading to the tunnel, it's 6 lanes. The 1 kilometer tunnel will have 4 lanes then out to the SRP coastal bridge which has 4 lanes then to South Road properties which has 6 lanes upto the boundary of SRP in Talisay City. From SRP Talisay City to the National road going to Southern Cebu, 4 - 6 lanes.

does anyone have any idea what roads are to be widened for the ASEAN summit?

^^Basically all roads in Cebu City, Lapu-lapu City and Mandaue City. lol. :D

^^ for real? like how wide is it gonna be?

I dunno. :dunno: Well, wider than today's present roads. :D

Downtown Cebu normally has 4 lane roads...
From downtown Cebu to Pardo passing along N Bacalso ave, 6 lanes... from Pardo down to the intersection of a higway from SRP, 4 lanes... then 4 to 6 lanes upto the Municipality of Minglanilla, Municipality of Naga and probably upto Municipality of Carcar.

From 8 - 10 lane highway in North Reclamation area upto plaza independencia leading to the tunnel, it's 6 lanes. The 1 kilometer tunnel will have 4 lanes then out to the SRP coastal bridge which has 4 lanes then to South Road properties which has 6 lanes upto the boundary of SRP in Talisay City. From SRP Talisay City to the National road going to Southern Cebu, 4 - 6 lanes.

thanks rusty&slerz.
so cebu has a all 4 - 8 lane highway leading to the bridge. what about on the mactan island side to the airport ?

is the road from the airport to cebu city all the way (crossing the new bridge) a 4 lane highway ?

4-lane approach to the Airport
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b396/arnoldsa/IMG_0381.jpg

Towards the exit in M.L. Quezon Highway.. A service ramp similar to the one in the second bridge should be built at the exit of this airport road so as to ensure smooth traffic and so that motorists will not have to stop and negotiate for road right of way upon merging with M.L. Quezon Highway.
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b396/arnoldsa/IMG_0382.jpg

M.L. Quezon Highway, from the exit of the airport road
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b396/arnoldsa/IMG_0385.jpg

M.L. Quezon Highway with the exit ramp from the Marcelo Fernan Bridge.
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b396/arnoldsa/IMG_0386.jpg

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b396/arnoldsa/IMG_0387.jpg

Marcelo Fernan Bridge
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b396/arnoldsa/IMG_0388.jpg

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b396/arnoldsa/IMG_0390.jpg

Exiting Marcelo Fernan Bridge; approaching United Nations Avenue in Mandaue City.
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b396/arnoldsa/IMG_0391.jpg

United Nations Avenue
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b396/arnoldsa/IMG_0392.jpg

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b396/arnoldsa/IMG_0393.jpg

Junction Box
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b396/arnoldsa/IMG_0396.jpg

Tree-lined avenue
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b396/arnoldsa/IMG_0402.jpg

wow, great shots arnold!! :cool: and the roads are cleaner! :okay: it will improve further when road widening starts for the upcoming ASEAN Summit :D great!!

i hope they all put center islands on the roads

4-lane approach to the Airport
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b396/arnoldsa/IMG_0381.jpg

Towards the exit in M.L. Quezon Highway.. A service ramp similar to the one in the second bridge should be built at the exit of this airport road so as to ensure smooth traffic and so that motorists will not have to stop and negotiate for road right of way upon merging with M.L. Quezon Highway.
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b396/arnoldsa/IMG_0382.jpg

M.L. Quezon Highway, from the exit of the airport road
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b396/arnoldsa/IMG_0385.jpg

M.L. Quezon Highway with the exit ramp from the Marcelo Fernan Bridge.
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b396/arnoldsa/IMG_0386.jpg

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b396/arnoldsa/IMG_0387.jpg

Marcelo Fernan Bridge
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b396/arnoldsa/IMG_0388.jpg

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b396/arnoldsa/IMG_0390.jpg

Exiting Marcelo Fernan Bridge; approaching United Nations Avenue in Mandaue City.
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b396/arnoldsa/IMG_0391.jpg

United Nations Avenue
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b396/arnoldsa/IMG_0392.jpg

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b396/arnoldsa/IMG_0393.jpg

very nice arnoldsa! thank you, looks very impressive. so now i know the highway from center cebu to mactan airport seems to be a world class 4 to 8 lane expressway, better than anything manila has to offer.

Thanks rusty18 and richard_fischer.

Yup richard it's definitely a road network at par with international standards. I hope those responsible for it can maintain it and probably do some improvements on some parts of it especially at the Mandaue City reclamation area. The Mandaue City reclamation area has an 8 (or 10) lane highway but sadly some parts of it are full of potholes and are so dusty and dirty looking. The ASEAN Summit will be held at a site in the reclamation area, we could expect some improvements though in the months to follow.

Here's the continuation of the pictures I posted above:

From the United Nations Avenue, one can take a detour to the Mandaue City reclamation area instead of going straight to the main highway (Cebu North Road).
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b396/arnoldsa/mandauerecla.jpg

The Mandaue City reclamation area connects with the North Reclamation Area (Cebu Port Centre) in Cebu City through the Sergio Osmeña Avenue:
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b396/arnoldsa/IMG_0115.jpg


The Sergio Osmeña Avenue will be connected with the South Road Properties through the underground road (popularly known here as the tunnel or the subway) which is still under construction.
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b396/arnoldsa/srp01.jpg

The South Road Properties connects with southern Cebu through the far more world class highway called the "South Coastal Highway." But I don't have a pic of it here. It's in the previous threads anyway. :)


-----> This is how the Mactan-Cebu International Airport connects with the rest of Cebu.. :)

The South Road Properties connects with southern Cebu through the far more world class highway called the "South Coastal Highway."[/b] But I don't have a pic of it here. It's in the previous threads anyway. :) -----> This is how the Mactan-Cebu International Airport connects with the rest of Cebu.. :)[/QUOTE]

extremly professional ! if i were to mark this i would pass you with an A !
btw, "south coastal highway" also is a 4 lane expressway?

Gov?t mulls P1-B budget to improve nautical highway

The National Government intends to spend P1 billion to further build up the country?s nautical highway system next year, Rep. Eduardo Gullas (Cebu, 1st district) said.

The amount would be used to complete the remaining links of the western, central and eastern nautical highways and strengthen the viability of the entire system, Gullas said.

?The funds will be spent mainly to improve the network of municipal ports and coastal roads that support the nautical highways,? he added.

The project, he said, will further ease transportation services and mobility in seaside towns leading to harbors that form part of the system.

To date, Gullas said the expanded nautical highway system, which includes the Cebu-Bohol-Camiguin roll-on, roll-off (RORO) complex, has reduced transport costs by 37 to 43 percent for passengers and by 24 to 34 percent for cargo.

He said travel time has also been reduced by 10 to 12 hours.

Domestic trade

As a result of the considerable reduction in transport cost and travel time, Gullas said the nautical highway system has also invigorated domestic merchandise trade and tourism in a big way.

The nautical highway system maximizes the use of RORO facilities to move passengers and cargo from Mindanao through the Visayas to Luzon.

The Western Nautical Highway is the western seaboard trunk route from Manila to Dipolog City or the Northwestern tip of Min-danao, which connects to the central trunk route at Cebu City in Central Visayas.

The Central Nautical Highway is the central trunk route connecting Pilar, Sorsogon to Balingoan, Misamis Oriental, passing through Central Visayas and connecting to the East-West trunk routes at Cataingan, Masbate and San Carlos City in Negros Occidental.

The Eastern Nautical Highway is the eastern sea link that binds Biliran, Leyte to Surigao City or the Northwestern tip of Mindanao and connects to the Central trunk route at Cataingan, Masbate.

To spur countryside development, government first sought to promote the RORO transportation system in 2003, through the issuance of two executive orders.

The Philippine Ports Authority has also issued rules prescribing the procedures for the privatization of state-owned RORO terminals that form part of the nautical highway system.

The South Road Properties connects with southern Cebu through the far more world class highway called the "South Coastal Highway."[/b] But I don't have a pic of it here. It's in the previous threads anyway. :) -----> This is how the Mactan-Cebu International Airport connects with the rest of Cebu.. :)

extremly professional ! if i were to mark this i would pass you with an A !
btw, "south coastal highway" also is a 4 lane expressway?[/QUOTE]

Oh! cool... thanks richard... I do have pics of thee South Coastal Highway... Gonna post it later, I'll just find it...

BTW, here's more pics of Mandaue City Rec/North Rec road...
http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c396/Slerz2/NorthRec.jpg

http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c396/Slerz2/NReccurve.jpg

http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c396/Slerz2/NRecsungold.jpg

http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c396/Slerz2/NRecwthsheraton.jpg

still needs to be rehabilitated as Arnoldsa said it's still dusty with pathholes and dirty looking but the area will soon be improved in this coming months for the ASEAN Summit.

Thanks rusty18 and richard_fischer.

Yup richard it's definitely a road network at par with international standards. I hope those responsible for it can maintain it and probably do some improvements on some parts of it especially at the Mandaue City reclamation area. The Mandaue City reclamation area has an 8 (or 10) lane highway but sadly some parts of it are full of potholes and are so dusty and dirty looking. The ASEAN Summit will be held at a site in the reclamation area, we could expect some improvements though in the months to follow.

Here's the continuation of the pictures I posted above:

From the United Nations Avenue, one can take a detour to the Mandaue City reclamation area instead of going straight to the main highway (Cebu North Road).
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b396/arnoldsa/mandauerecla.jpg

The Mandaue City reclamation area connects with the North Reclamation Area (Cebu Port Centre) in Cebu City through the Sergio Osmeña Avenue:
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b396/arnoldsa/IMG_0115.jpg


The Sergio Osmeña Avenue will be connected with the South Road Properties through the underground road (popularly known here as the tunnel or the subway) which is still under construction.
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b396/arnoldsa/srp01.jpg

The South Road Properties connects with southern Cebu through the far more world class highway called the "South Coastal Highway." But I don't have a pic of it here. It's in the previous threads anyway. :)


-----> This is how the Mactan-Cebu International Airport connects with the rest of Cebu.. :)

From the Mandaue Reclamation highway

From here – The Mc Arthur Blvd, this will connect to the road tunnel (u/c). then to the coastal bridge
http://img357.imageshack.us/img357/1149/srp4e2go.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Coastal Bridge,(The South Coastal Highway as of this moment can only be passable by vehicles through it’s left lane if going to the City, the right lane isn’t passable yet coz of the ongoing construction of the subway tunnel road)
http://img423.imageshack.us/img423/4773/srp4a2bg.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

The South Coastal Highway
http://img423.imageshack.us/img423/7753/srp4b9kv.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

This is the Mambaling access road as seen in the road in post #39 of this thread
http://img423.imageshack.us/img423/3982/srp4c6db.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

The curving South Coastal Road approaching Talisay City coastal road
http://img423.imageshack.us/img423/5420/srp4d4pr.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

This road connects from Talisay City Coastal road upto South National Highway going to the Municipalities of Minglanilla, Naga …. No pics just this video clip.

http://www.youtube.com/watch.php?v=bRPi0YnkhYg

makikitanong lang po ano ang tawag dun sa mga bundok nasa background ng city

ganda ganda talaga ng Cebu :okay: nakakataba ng puso ang lahat ng developments! are there any plans to build a tollway or expressway? I'm just thinking that they should at least put that in their plans before everything gets too built up and there won't be space anymore

thanks everyone for the great information on the mactan-cebu-south expressway system. how does the road connect up north ? are there any maps showing all these 4-8 lane highways ?

thanks everyone for the great information on the mactan-cebu-south expressway system. how does the road connect up north ? are there any maps showing all these 4-8 lane highways ?

The northern part of Cebu Province you mean? There's already a plan for a so-called "Cebu North Coastal Road," a far more better alternative to its older counterpart, the Cebu North road. However there's no rendering yet. The said project was planned right after the completion of the south coastal road in the South Road Properties (SRP). It was meant to complement the new expressway down south. :)

By the way, the McArthur Boulevard posted by slerz above is Sergio Osmeña Avenue. It has been renamed already. But I would prefer reverting it back to its old name.. Too many Osmeña streets in Cebu already, very confusing; kulang nalang they would rename Cebu City to Osmeña City... Hehehe..

i like cebu... theres no slums in the main roads...probably the widest road in the philippines is in commonwealth ave. q.c.... it is up to 10 lanes.. and still expanding..


i hope they would try to improve there sidewalks and make it lively like the boardwalk in manila.. :D

@ramvigar

Haven't heard any plans for a tollway yet like the NLEX but I guess that wouldn't be possible. Cebu is an island kasi, medyo masikip din ang space because from the shoreline, a little bit of space lang bundok na kaagad (especially in the northern part). Unlike in Luzon which is made up of many provinces with so many urban areas therefore the tollway system.

@slerz

wow nice photos slerz of the South coastal road... Haven't been there yet.. Do you know the maximum speed for vehicles there? Because my classmate bragged that he drove his car at 120kph

@ramvigar

Haven't heard any plans for a tollway yet like the NLEX but I guess that wouldn't be possible. Cebu is an island kasi, medyo masikip din ang space because from the shoreline, a little bit of space lang bundok na kaagad (especially in the northern part). Unlike in Luzon which is made up of many provinces with so many urban areas therefore the tollway system.

@slerz

wow nice photos slerz of the South coastal road... Haven't been there yet.. Do you know the maximum speed for vehicles there? Because my classmate bragged that he drove his car at 120kph

you're right about the expressways... Cebu's highways only serves vehicles from 1 province, the Cebu province unlike in Metro Manila highways that serves more than 30 provinces of Luzon island that's why expressways are very feasible in the Metro...
but IMO, Cebu's traffic is worser than in Manila coz traffic congestions here in Cebu is already gettin worst thinking that this is only 1 province...
More than 50% of Metro Manila's vehicles comes from different provinces in Luzon but if MManila's streets will only be exclusive to Metro manila residents which is equivalent to Cebu Province, there will be no problem but if we compare it to Metro Cebu, as of this moment only the Cebu province is using Metro Cebu's streets but the traffic here is quite bad... but not that ban naman :D maybe it's getting there almost...

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I dunno the maximum speed limit basta my friend sad who had his test drive with me reached 140kph, hehe... asta gud akong atay nisaka...:D

^^ Its good to know that developments are starting to spread over the country such as Cebu. I can see the potential in Cebu city at the present rate of spending on these infrastructure project! Impressive!

yup, and our government is selling Cebu to the investors as they say that Cebu has a very high potential to become an important city in the future so they should start spending for the infrastractures here in Cebu specially the road networks... but anyway in the long run, all Filipinos will benefit in this process.

i like cebu... theres no slums in the main roads...probably the widest road in the philippines is in commonwealth ave. q.c.... it is up to 10 lanes.. and still expanding..


i hope they would try to improve there sidewalks and make it lively like the boardwalk in manila.. :D


preparations for the ASEAN Summit will start this month and part of it is to widen/rehabilitate most of the roads in the metro (lapu-lapu, mandaue, cebu)..

so far this will be the biggest event ever hosted by cebu so im sure our roads here including of course the sidewalks will be greatly improved..

^^ and that is something to look forward to when i get back hopefully this Christmas :okay:

could you guys please help me... hows the traffic in cebu? does anyone here have pics of the north jeepney terminal in the port center? thanks..

As to my knowledge, here is the situation:

Generally fine during regular hours, but at rush hours,

1. gridlocks sometimes occur in major thoroughfares such as mango ave, jones ave, escario-gorrordo junction, and in the downtown area.

2. from the city going south, its okay thanks to the south coastal road. but sometimes it turns bad after the SC road closes at 6 pm.

3. from the city going north, heavy in the highway-mandaue area.

One thing is certain, the cars are expanding in number but the roads are not. But hopefully they will widen some roads for the asean summit.


And this is the north bus terminal. not a recent pic. just lifted it from the net.
http://img396.imageshack.us/img396/2439/terminal8zc.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

thanks MarkiiBoi... im currently doing my thesis and my site is in cebu, it is in maxilom ave cor osmena blvd... could you tell me more a bit about the site? im planning on going to cebu the end of this month... i just want to get a head start.. thanks for the info!

^^^ "more a bit about the site?" what the...

Okey. You're not from cebu? What's your thesis all about?

The Maxilom Avenue: traffic in the area is smooth during regular hours but bumper-to-bumpers can occur during peaks at noon and late afternun mostly due to the cars that will be parking in front of St. Theresa's College and the Sacred Heart School.

The Osmena Blvd: traffic is also generally smooth except during peaks. The build-up of cars usually starts in front of the capitol area towards escario st. A contributing factor would be the jeepneys that loads and unloads in the area in front Cebu Doctor's Hospital. The other end of Osmena blvd is the exit to the downtown area.

The Maxilom ave corner Osmena blvd is essentially the Fuente Osmena area. Traffic is also generally okay except during rushhour where the volume of cars going to maxilom ave and ramos st [also found on the same corner] increases.

Street signs are okay as well as the traffic lights. Traffic police [CITOM] have their permanent posts throughout.

thanks again for the info... im doing a furniture exposition center...since cebu is one of the biggest if not the biggest exporter of furniture, i thought of why not make one... its a shame that only a few appreciate and recognize the industry... any comments? thanks again..

sure no problem.

yeah cebu is THE biggest exporter of furnitures. the fuente osmena area will surely be an ideal place for a furniture expo because it is the focal point of gatherings and events here. so do you already have the exact location for this? will this be a permanent expo or for a time being only?

hmm.. i'm looking at osmena cor. maxilom... from the map its in the same lot as the north jeepney terminal in the port center... its going to be solely for furnitures, having permanent displays and also be able to host annual events like cebu x... i also plan to include a design center, industry information center and the also house the CFIF offices... from the pictures in this thread looks like cebu would be an exciting place to visit... thanks again!

but the north jeepney terminal is nowhere near the osmena blvd-maxilom ave junction. the terminal is located in the north reclamation area. and i'll tell you, you dont wanna put your expo there. better have it in the cebu business park...

hmmm... really? why? i thought you said the fuente osmena would be a good site to build? hmmm... is fuente a street? sorry, i cant seem to find fuente on the map... i dont know nothing about cebu... cebu business park is where ayala mall is? right? hmmm...

i dont know if this map is the latest.. maybe the marker on the location of the n.jeepney terminal is wrong... i hope... its indicated here that the corner of maxilom and osmena is somewhere near pier 4... do you know the exact location of the terminal? i mean the streets?

hmmm... i think we're not on the same page here... i think you are pertaining to the north bus terminal, which is in mandaue according to the map... there is a north jeepney terminal here and is close to tejeros... or is there such a jeepney terminal...

maybe you mean the jeepney terminal beside the burnt White Gold... that area of cor Maxilom st and Sergio Osmeña formerly (Mc Arthur Blvd) is very busy during peaks

here's the Sergio Osmeña ave.
http://img357.imageshack.us/img357/1149/srp4e2go.jpg

the corner of Gen. Maxilom ave. is just @ the next junction behind this vehicle that I was riding when I took this pic.

Oh so your refering to sergio osmena street, not osmena blvd. yeah as what slerz said the area of the burnt old white gold clud. yeah it has a jeepney terminal there. but i dont know if its a good site for a furniture expo. not much business is going on there after the the incident at white gold.

yeah, not much big establishments are situated in that area... "busy" just because of the high volume of traffic passing in that area but not "busy" interms of business climate in the area...

Wow... it's either Cebu got a LOT nicer since summer 2004, or the infastructure is actually a LOT worse to drive on and looks worse in real life rather than pictures.

well its not really worse. there are just some areas that are kinda neglected. but the general scenario is that business is getting better. the local government are just handling things one at time. you'll see that this year, roads will be widened for sure and a new fly-over will be constructed. so its not bad at all. just like this new one at the cebu business park:
http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c145/MarkiiBoi2/img03717tc.jpg
picture by sugbuanun.

hmmm... you guys sure are helpful... thanks for the insights... according to the road map, the lot is bounded by Gen. Maxilom Ave, S.Osmena Blvd., 10th ave. and 13 ave... hmmm.. from the pics i could have mistaken it for roxas blvd near museong pambata here in manila.... white gold? what happened at white gold? hmmm... thanks again guys...

hmm.. i'm looking at osmena cor. maxilom... from the map its in the same lot as the north jeepney terminal in the port center... its going to be solely for furnitures, having permanent displays and also be able to host annual events like cebu x... i also plan to include a design center, industry information center and the also house the CFIF offices... from the pictures in this thread looks like cebu would be an exciting place to visit... thanks again!

That's good news architect.. Actually, the CITEC or Cebu Trade and Exhibition Center was sighted as a permanent exposition center for trade shows like furniture shows. One of the proponents of the said exhibition center is the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI). The association of furniture exporters here in Cebu were also behind the said project.

Right now the project has not been realized probably due to funding. And the site where it's supposed to be built has now been eyed for the Cebu International Convention Center (formerly Megadome) for the upcoming ASEAN Summit..

If your planning to build a furniture exposition center, the most ideal place would be Mandaue Recla where the CICC would be built, or along Sergio Osmeña Avenue (Cebu's version of Roxas Blvd.) at the North Reclamation Area, or bettery yet at the South Road Properties..

That's good news architect.. Actually, the CITEC or Cebu Trade and Exhibition Center was sighted as a permanent exposition center for trade shows like furniture shows. One of the proponents of the said exhibition center is the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI). The association of furniture exporters here in Cebu were also behind the said project.

Right now the project has not been realized probably due to funding. And the site where it's supposed to be built has now been eyed for the Cebu International Convention Center (formerly Megadome) for the upcoming ASEAN Summit..

If your planning to build a furniture exposition center, the most ideal place would be Mandaue Recla where the CICC would be built, or along Sergio Osmeña Avenue (Cebu's version of Roxas Blvd.) at the North Reclamation Area, or bettery yet at the South Road Properties..

yep... my proposed site is along s.osmena blvd... though i'd consider the others sites you said... great info... thanks a lot...

white gold? what happened at white gold? hmmm... thanks again guys...

actually white gold is the "Ayala Center of Cebu" before huge malls were built and is one of the important and social shopping center here in Cebu but after SM was built last 1992, the sales of White Gold dramatically decreased and also bec of it's proximity to SM City Cebu but last 1997, the mall was burned for about 4 to 5 days... that's why the area is less vibrant today than before.

well its not really worse. there are just some areas that are kinda neglected. but the general scenario is that business is getting better. the local government are just handling things one at time. you'll see that this year, roads will be widened for sure and a new fly-over will be constructed. so its not bad at all. just like this new one at the cebu business park:
http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c145/MarkiiBoi2/img03717tc.jpg
picture by sugbuanun.

wow! Nice.... very clean!

Wow... it's either Cebu got a LOT nicer since summer 2004, or the infastructure is actually a LOT worse to drive on and looks worse in real life rather than pictures.

This is not a picture, this is the road from downtown Cebu City going to souhtern Cebu. This road is quite bad to very bad and is not given much attention coz tourists seldom frequent or pass this area coz the airport and most of the city's spots are located in the northern part of Metro Cebu. I hope this road will be paved in time for the ASEAN summit.

http://www.youtube.com/watch.php?v=9a9q72Jn7Uw

actually white gold is the "Ayala Center of Cebu" before huge malls were built and is one of the important and social shopping center here in Cebu but after SM was built last 1992, the sales of White Gold dramatically decreased and also bec of it's proximity to SM City Cebu but last 1997, the mall was burned for about 4 to 5 days... that's why the area is less vibrant today than before.

was burned? what do you mean "was burned"? it was intentionally burned? hmmm...

was burned? what do you mean "was burned"? it was intentionally burned? hmmm...

Another White Gold rose nearby. It's right in front of Queen City Memorial Gardens. It's a smaller version though, and more of like a warehouse type department store and supermarket.

was burned? what do you mean "was burned"? it was intentionally burned? hmmm...

maybe? :dunno:

hmmm.. thats too bad... i cant wait to see cebu... from the pics it looks like manila only cleaner and much nicer... less traffic might i add... and less people... it'l be nice to see something different than what i've grown to live with...

have you seen this video clip?

this is a typical street in Cebu although this street from downtown to Southern Cebu City is quite not given attention...

watch - http://www.youtube.com/watch.php?v=9a9q72Jn7Uw

^^ you can always migrate to cebu dude. :D

have you seen this video clip?

this is a typical street in Cebu although this street from downtown to Southern Cebu City is quite not given attention...

watch - http://www.youtube.com/watch.php?v=9a9q72Jn7Uw

our roads are in pretty much good shape bai. and they are safe, no more snatchers. hehehe because if there are still snatchers, your camera could have been snatched already!

our roads are in pretty much good shape bai. and they are safe, no more snatchers. hehehe because if there are still snatchers, your camera could have been snatched already!

snatchers? nah... downtown is one of the safest erea in Cebu City now, try asking @arnoldsa...

^^ you can always migrate to cebu dude. :D

hahaha.. i stumbled upon a cebu real estate agent's site a while ago... it has some house and lots from beverly hills.. i never knew there was such a place there.. dang those houses are huge... there was also a section there that lots in Mactan island sell around 1000 per square meter.. is this true? ganda ng cebu.. lilipat na ko dyan... hehehe

Talisay-Naga road finally completed



After a six-month delay, the four-lane 11-kilometer stretch from Talisay City to Naga is finally completed, the Department of Public Works and Highways said.

Jose Bustamante of the Project Monitoring Office of the DPWH said that the road, a component of the Cebu South Road Improvement Project (CSRIP) under package one, was declared as ?substantially completed? last Dec. 10 after three deadline extensions.

With the completion of package one and package two, the 18-kilometer road from Naga to Carcar that was completed last September, the DPWH issued to project contractor Aboitiz Construction Group Inc.-Kumagai Gumi Co. a taking over certificate with minor deficiencies.

The certificate, according to Bustamante, gives the contractor a defects liability period or one year to do minor repairs on the P785.15-million undertaking.

Inspection

Representatives from the DPWH Central Office, DPWH 7, consultants and the contractor will inspect the project again by November or December this year before the contractor could turn over the project to DPWH, Bustamante said.

Repairs include the asphalting of cracked or damaged portions of the road during in the next 12 months, he added.

The condition of the road caught the attention of President Gloria Arroyo in July last year that she ordered the faster completion of the road repair, which was delayed by 50 percent by then.

Problems

Arroyo?s maternal grandfather, Juan Macaraig, first built the road when he served as district engineer of Cebu.

CSRIP?s package one, which was delayed due to road-right-of-way acquisition problems, utilities transfer and late payments, was completed just last December.

The infrastructure development committee of the Regional Development Council 7 had expressed apprehension that it could be completed in November, as reportedly promised by the contractor.

Bustamante said the contractor will be fined for the delays in the form of deductions to the original contract price.

However, he said the DPWH Central Office is determining the deductions based on the technical reports.

It's nice to know that there are a lot of cebuanos here who are very passionate about the development of cebu as a truly world class city...please join this message board => cebulife.tk (http://xsorbit29.com/users5/cebulife/index.php?PHPSESSID=4a1d3b90bd54e9464a41b96a71c20424&) -- i dedicated a thread there exclusively for our beloved cebu...please also post there...tnx!

please click this one => The Cebu Thread (http://xsorbit29.com/users5/cebulife/index.php?board=56.0)

^Cebulife, mod na ko didto? :D

^Congrats sinjin...i hope ul kip up the good work!

By the way Cebulife, thanks for the invite too.. i'll just stay on as a member lang sa didto kay daghan na kaayo ko ug forums gi-apilan.... :)

It's nice to know that there are many forums like this..

After a six-month delay, the four-lane 11-kilometer stretch from Talisay City to Naga is finally completed, the Department of Public Works and Highways said.

any pictures of this new stretch yet ?

^^I've been there lately and it's quite wide but there isn't lane dividers yet. I'll try to take pics next week.

^^I've been there lately and it's quite wide but there isn't lane dividers yet. I'll try to take pics next week.

salamat slerz

^^

Have you been to Cebu, Richard?

^^

Have you been to Cebu, Richard?

do you mean richard fischer or richard24 ?
well, if you mean rf, yes i have arnoldsa. but that was some 36 years ago ! definately the next time i come, possibly next year, i will come to this prospering, beautiful city, before i will go any place else (besides manila).
do you live in cebu ?

http://img41.imageshack.us/img41/9315/cebuarealssccopy3yc.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

^^ asa na bai? chopper shot?

diri ay (http://www.youtube.com/?v=e0TxrtWl5_k)

aws sa MUP diay. hehe

dili oi, unsa nang MUP?

Maganda umaga pilipinas. pero sa cebu version. dnt know the title. hehehe

aw, Magandang Umaga Pilipinas kay sa NBN man tingali na...ehehe
You mean MUB or Magandang Umaga Bayan. Sa Cebu kay Magandang Buntag Kapamilya ;)
http://img77.imageshack.us/img77/7416/mbk1ze.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

ako nya ipang record ang traffic patrol nila kada buntag ha sa ilang sky patrol cebu kay gnahan kaayo ko mtan aw sa areal view sa cebu kay murag di cebu, mura manila labi na sa North Reclamation padong na didto sa Sheraton, naka ingon gud ko nga di na jud basta basta ang cebu kay mura nag dako nga syudad kng tan awn sa taas...hehe

Nya nakit an sad nako ang lot nga gi level nga tukuran sa Boardwalk mall, dako dako man diay...

^^ sure na na sa boardwalk bai?


Ang MUB kay after na sa Alas singko y medya. MUP na karun.

do you mean richard fischer or richard24 ?
well, if you mean rf, yes i have arnoldsa. but that was some 36 years ago ! definately the next time i come, possibly next year, i will come to this prospering, beautiful city, before i will go any place else (besides manila).
do you live in cebu ?

Ahh lots of changes really. Though it still looks typically third world but a lot of changes throughout the years have happened.

Yup we're all from Cebu (sugbuanon, slerz, markiiboi, et al)...

I just remembered my mom who told me that most of her teachers way back college in USC were all Germans.

@Markiiboi

Yup sure na na ang Boardwalk kay hapit naman mahuman ang CDU Campus.. You know na, speculators... Hehehe

^^ plus the megadome. :D

Ahh lots of changes really. Though it still looks typically third world but a lot of changes throughout the years have happened.

Yup we're all from Cebu (sugbuanon, slerz, markiiboi, et al)...

I just remembered my mom who told me that most of her teachers way back college in USC were all Germans.

hi arnoldsa,
you should know, for me there is no "third world" thing, the philippines is my home country !
well, i can´t wait to meet all of you then in CEBOOM !
please what is USC ?

^^ university of san carlos

Cebu should have a road like these from North to South..that's from Hagnaya/Bogo to Santander/Samboan. So travel time will be lessened.

http://img39.echo.cx/img39/9159/nh7blr5s7we.jpg

http://img43.echo.cx/img43/5792/nh73blr3s5bb.jpg

http://img40.echo.cx/img40/9716/nh7blr211mj.jpg

^^ Very scenic. :)

^^ sure na na sa boardwalk bai?


Ang MUB kay after na sa Alas singko y medya. MUP na karun.

yup, kay naka adto man ko didto 1 time then mao man jud itsura sa skypatrol, luyo ra sa gitukod nga CDU building.

where, what country is this road in :
.....that's from Hagnaya/Bogo to Santander/Samboan......?

where, what country is this road in :
.....that's from Hagnaya/Bogo to Santander/Samboan......?

Same here too, I was wondering

Hagnaya/Bogo - northern tip of cebu
Santander/Samboan - southern tip of cebu.

nindota gud imo pics rowell.. salamat

actually the condition of our provincial roads are kinda like those in the pictures, though they are just a 2-laner. but the minglanilla-naga road already has four lanes.

http://img86.imageshack.us/img86/9418/roadtocebucity5ci.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

here's my favorite.. this one is in carcar.. it's lined with those centuries old acacia trees..

http://img86.imageshack.us/img86/9418/roadtocebucity5ci.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

here's my favorite.. this one is in carcar.. it's lined with those centuries old acacia trees..

yeah, we went here during the dancing sun phenomenon... kweba sa carcar...hehe

then you're also dancing with the sun slerz.. hehe

pero botbot rman sad diay to. pila khay plete sa carcar?

those photos are from india...

i hope anyone could take road pictures in the province...

if we have those kind of roads here in Cebu. It's so nice to drive these kind of bikes..

http://www.metricbikes.com/repsol7.JPG

http://www.planete-biker.com/news/images/hd2006/hd06-strod-d.jpg

After a six-month delay, the four-lane 11-kilometer stretch from Talisay City to Naga is finally completed, the Department of Public Works and Highways said.

any pictures of this new stretch yet ?

Municipality of Minglanilla Cebu

http://img70.imageshack.us/img70/9634/ming0oz.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img70.imageshack.us/img70/2186/ming16ie.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img70.imageshack.us/img70/56/ming25yg.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img70.imageshack.us/img70/999/ming37jo.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img70.imageshack.us/img70/185/ming47ii.jpg (http://imageshack.us)



Municipality of Naga Cebu

http://img70.imageshack.us/img70/6599/nag9id.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img70.imageshack.us/img70/9804/nag15pt.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img70.imageshack.us/img70/6714/nag23bv.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img70.imageshack.us/img70/8523/nag51fj.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img70.imageshack.us/img70/3327/nag45gd.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

wow nice pics bai !!! nindot !! ;) thanks !!

^^ the minglanilla-naga road is really clean and beautiful because it is new. hopefully they will maintain it. the prolem is most townspeople with cars park in the shoulders. sana meron na highway patrol, just like in the srp coastal road..

thnx bai slerz for the pics.

but as what I've observed, Minglanilla and Naga towns already has urban look... IMO in about 3 to 5 years, it will become a dense urban area coz last year lang, lahi ra kaayo ang itsura kaysa karon nga samok na kaayo pariha's Mandaue specially in Naga and Minglanilla proper...

the naga area is still bearable, but in the minglanilla side, super traffic especially in the highway-plaza-market intersection.

i lived in naga from 1992 to 1997. much has changed since. aside from the road, the back portion of the municipal hall was reclaimed and now large sea vessels are docking there.

but as what I've observed, Minglanilla and Naga towns already has urban look... IMO in about 3 to 5 years, it will become a dense urban area coz last year lang, lahi ra kaayo ang itsura kaysa karon nga samok na kaayo pariha's Mandaue specially in Naga and Minglanilla proper...

I hope it will be Naga City and Minglanilla City by then. :D

^^ according to mayor chiong of naga, what naga lacks is the population number to meet the criteria of becoming a city.


so if you want to procreate and procreate and procreate, migrate to naga so you can help. hehehe :jk:

^^yup, same as Talisay City... they had a hard time of proclaiming their town as a city coz they lack the population number that should reach more than a hundred K (I think) as one of the criteria of proclaiming a town a city but the town is already urban.

But with this paved and widened roads, there will be an easy flow of goods for business from the urban core of Metro Cebu which is Cebu City that will create faster urbanization of the said municipalities.

the naga area is still bearable, but in the minglanilla side, super traffic especially in the highway-plaza-market intersection.

i lived in naga from 1992 to 1997. much has changed since. aside from the road, the back portion of the municipal hall was reclaimed and now large sea vessels are docking there.

karon pa ko kabantay Mark, so from 1992 to 1997, sige diay kag lupad gikan sa Naga padong's syudad :lol: jowk..

^^ according to mayor chiong of naga, what naga lacks is the population number to meet the criteria of becoming a city.


so if you want to procreate and procreate and procreate, migrate to naga so you can help. hehehe :jk:

bitaw, nindot imigrate didto kay free ra ang pako nya makat on pa jud ta unsaon pag tuwad...:jk:

karon pa ko kabantay Mark, so from 1992 to 1997, sige diay kag lupad gikan sa Naga padong's syudad jowk..

bitaw, nindot imigrate didto kay free ra ang pako nya makat on pa jud ta unsaon pag tuwad...




daghan bitaw choices for flying bai.
a. if you wanna fly with your whole body
b. if you wanna fly only with your upper body
c. if you wanna fly with a broomstick

you can also be the ultimate transformer -- from human to cat to pig to kikik to human again.

or better yet you can go invisible as thin air.

and i can do all of them! no kidding.

^^:? :skull: :angel:

The 10-lane part of Osmeña Boulevard

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b396/arnoldsa/skyscrapercity/fuente05.jpg

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b396/arnoldsa/skyscrapercity/fuente06.jpg

The Fuente Circle

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b396/arnoldsa/skyscrapercity/fuente04.jpg

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b396/arnoldsa/skyscrapercity/fuente03.jpg

http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c145/MarkiiBoi2/Pic17.jpg

the six-laner B. Rodriguez St. with Vicente Sotto Memorial Medical Center

the 8 lane Osmeña blvd during off peaks
http://img73.imageshack.us/img73/554/15070517485sg.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

the 8 lane Osmeña blvd during peak hours
http://img73.imageshack.us/img73/4323/15070519177cs.jpg (http://imageshack.us)


The P del Rosario St. junction
http://img54.imageshack.us/img54/3276/sscemallintersection7eu.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img300.imageshack.us/img300/756/29090516303ki.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

4 lane P del Rosario extension
http://img54.imageshack.us/img54/3/sscemallmovieboard2wp.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

N Bacalso ave.

http://img54.imageshack.us/img54/8342/nbhw45zg.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

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http://img54.imageshack.us/img54/9412/nbhw33ud.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img54.imageshack.us/img54/9412/nbhw33ud.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

dugay ko naka figure out bai nga naa d i skywalk dha dapita. nagtuo jud ko nga nikatkat ka sa poste! hehehe


as usual another WIDE AND CLEAN STREET OF CEBU...
:D

naa oi, dara ay... yati ra, mkat kat jud sa poste, nyag mahagbog ko, di nako ka post og pic sa SSC... :D
http://img392.imageshack.us/img392/4433/nbsitskwk7ao.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

^^ SSC ra jud imo reason for living bai? hehehehe.. :D :D :D


sus, dili na jud ka makakita sa megadome, sa crown regency, sa srp, sa boardwalk, sa subway ug uban pa. hehehe.

oo bai, to showcase Cebu is my life ;)



sus, dili na jud ka makakita sa megadome, sa crown regency, sa srp, sa boardwalk, sa subway ug uban pa. hehehe.

mao jud na ako kamatyan bisag nahog na sa poste, ang di makakita sa developments sa Cebu ugma.

VOTE SLERZ FOR MAYOR!!! lols

^^No one knows, ang Highschool grad ra nahimo man gani presidente, kani pa kahang :D

:goodnight

Someday cebu's freeway interchange will have views like this

http://skyscraperpage.com/gallery/data/577/699193-9352_img.jpg

Someday cebu's freeway interchange will have views like this

http://skyscraperpage.com/gallery/data/577/699193-9352_img.jpg


Well, it would of been nice to dream about it but I don't think Cebu have an ample space like in L.A.

I love Cebu but the roads are narrow and sometimes it seems very congested. Maybe in the reclamation area might have a chance but who would want to block the view of the ocean with interchanges and freeways ?

It's nice to know that there are a lot of cebuanos here who are very passionate about the development of cebu as a truly world class city...i dedicated a thread exclusively for our beloved cebu...

please click this one => The Cebu Thread (http://cebunightlife.proboards3.com/index.cgi?board=cebu)

please also post there...tnx!

Ato ra ni na thread, anyone who wants to be a moderator? :-) (just let me see your contributions there!tnx) :-) si bai sinjin global moderator na didto but we need more moderators

I think this cloverleaf is along the newly-built Glenn Anderson Freeway. The price tag just for that cloverleaf alone is $1 billion. And I think there were four of them.

^^saan tayo kukuha ng P50B...:D

^^ we can start doing a sinking fund! :D :D :D

^^pariha diay pag high school... is there a bigger scale sinking fund?

our taxes! hehehe.

ah! our taxes nga lain ang mogamit :ohno:

cebuano scientist should juz build a flying cars hehe :) so there wont be a need to contruct those roads! :)

cebuano scientist should juz build a flying cars hehe :) so there wont be a need to contruct those roads! :)

yup those suspended in air by electromagnetics.

or trains that suspends in air through magnets such as this

http://www.21stcenturysciencetech.com/images/fall2000/Train.jpg

here's the article.
http://www.21stcenturysciencetech.com/articles/magnetrain.html

maglevs!

^^ we can start doing a sinking fund! :D :D :D

Pass a law that would force all people especially the rich to donate all their diamond and gold jewelries like what other countries did when their currency fell..

Downtown Cebu -- the oldest part of the city. Much of the roads were designed by a Spanish engineer (a Friar) according to an account posted at the Fort San Pedro Museum. This is Cebu's real business district.

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b396/arnoldsa/skyscrapercity/downtown.jpg


Uptown or Midtown? One of the city's tourist belts. Take note of the many budget pension houses and inns that are in close proximity to each other.

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b396/arnoldsa/skyscrapercity/uptown.jpg

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b396/arnoldsa/skyscrapercity/capitolsite.jpg


North Reclamation Area. A central business district that is yet to evolve.

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b396/arnoldsa/skyscrapercity/reclamation.jpg


Cebu Business Park. The city's neo-business district in the making. Developed by the Ayalas during the early 90s, this was once the Club Filipino Golf Course with a hotel that overlooked it.

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b396/arnoldsa/skyscrapercity/ayala_business_park.jpg


The old Hipodromo Race Track is now full of houses and buildings. Roads that cross the original oval track have also been built throughout the years.

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b396/arnoldsa/skyscrapercity/hipodromo.jpg


The old memorial parks of Cebu are just beside each other.

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b396/arnoldsa/skyscrapercity/memorial_parks.jpg


Port area. The port extends from downtown Cebu up to the Mandaue Reclamation area in Mandaue City.

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b396/arnoldsa/skyscrapercity/port_area.jpg

SLERZ, let's just put the SRP pics here instead of creating a new thread for it.. We can't maintain it man gud because I don't usually pass by there everyday..

SRP's Park ala Baywalk beside the entrance to the Subway tunnel.. Slerz will be posting the subway tunnel pictures..

--> nearing completion already. Features a park with walkways and sidewalks tiled with "Vigan" style tiles, palm trees, lampposts, benches with full view of the sea, etc..etc..

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b396/arnoldsa/skyscrapercity/SRP_baywalk01.jpg

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b396/arnoldsa/skyscrapercity/SRP_baywalk02.jpg

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b396/arnoldsa/skyscrapercity/SRP_baywalk04.jpg

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b396/arnoldsa/skyscrapercity/SRP_baywalk05.jpg

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b396/arnoldsa/skyscrapercity/SRP_baywalk06.jpg

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b396/arnoldsa/skyscrapercity/SRP_baywalk07.jpg

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b396/arnoldsa/skyscrapercity/SRP_baywalk08.jpg

South Coastal Road
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b396/arnoldsa/skyscrapercity/SRP02.jpg

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b396/arnoldsa/skyscrapercity/SRP03.jpg

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b396/arnoldsa/skyscrapercity/SRP04.jpg

Approaching the city center
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b396/arnoldsa/skyscrapercity/SRP06.jpg

The old Ludo pier
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b396/arnoldsa/skyscrapercity/SRP09.jpg

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b396/arnoldsa/skyscrapercity/SRP10.jpg

Bridge connecting to the subway tunnel. The approach to the subway tunnel and the signages are already done.
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b396/arnoldsa/skyscrapercity/SRP11.jpg

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b396/arnoldsa/skyscrapercity/SRP12.jpg

Guys, paki check daw this site and see if it works there

http://local.live.com

We are able to see and zoom in maps, aerial views, birds eye views of newer satellite images on any location in the US.

You can try these locations:

a) getty center drive, los angeles, california

b) 300 s. grand avenue, los angeles, california

c) disneyland, california

you know Manila's interchanges in Magallanes and Balintawak looks a bit like that except dirtier and with more cars:D

^^ yeah kay by-appointment ra man diay ang museum sa carcar, so off to argao we go! their church is old but grand! with a brass chandelier and a pipe organ. they have also a newly renovated Hall of Justice and their mucipal hall is currently on the works. the road throughout was also very smooth. simply amazing! hehehe feeling tourist sad me.

and we passsed thyough SRP on the way to the city. the subway entrance is finished and baywalk-like development is going smoothly. waaah cant wait for the pics. hehehe


thnx cebuwow and sayboo for making the roadtrip happen! :D

here's the picture bai...

the 4 laner 1km underground road passing under Plaza Independencia, Fort San Pedro and Malacañan sa Sugbo.
http://img64.imageshack.us/img64/9859/dscn52211ft.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img64.imageshack.us/img64/7550/dscn52228ia.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

the ala baywalk development
http://img446.imageshack.us/img446/9805/dscn52315mm.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img446.imageshack.us/img446/3969/dscn52324uu.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img446.imageshack.us/img446/5786/dscn52039bn.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

SLERZ, let's just put the SRP pics here instead of creating a new thread for it.. We can't maintain it man gud because I don't usually pass by there everyday..

SRP's Park ala Baywalk beside the entrance to the Subway tunnel.. Slerz will be posting the subway tunnel pictures..

--> nearing completion already. Features a park with walkways and sidewalks tiled with "Vigan" style tiles, palm trees, lampposts, benches with full view of the sea, etc..etc..

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b396/arnoldsa/skyscrapercity/SRP_baywalk01.jpg

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b396/arnoldsa/skyscrapercity/SRP_baywalk02.jpg

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b396/arnoldsa/skyscrapercity/SRP_baywalk04.jpg

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b396/arnoldsa/skyscrapercity/SRP_baywalk05.jpg

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b396/arnoldsa/skyscrapercity/SRP_baywalk06.jpg

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b396/arnoldsa/skyscrapercity/SRP_baywalk07.jpg

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b396/arnoldsa/skyscrapercity/SRP_baywalk08.jpg

cool! :cool: another roxas blvd in the making :D a big thanks arnold for the photos!

^^that white building is the Malacañan sa Sugbo btw...

^^that white building is the Malacañan sa Sugbo btw...

You mean this?
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b396/arnoldsa/skyscrapercity/SRP_baywalk01.jpg

^^yup @mike...

http://img379.imageshack.us/img379/2930/img04696yy.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img140.imageshack.us/img140/6012/img04724yq.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img140.imageshack.us/img140/8833/img04754gg.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img473.imageshack.us/img473/3938/img04713ve.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img396.imageshack.us/img396/2923/img04763pd.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img396.imageshack.us/img396/5899/img04909wc.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img390.imageshack.us/img390/5172/img04898rs.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

^Oh my, I thought that wasn't in the Philippines.

:|

^^ except for the jeepney in the middle of the intersection making a u-turn. :D

http://img465.imageshack.us/img465/553/img04918mz.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img465.imageshack.us/img465/5873/img04922tk.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img465.imageshack.us/img465/5063/img05099ek.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img373.imageshack.us/img373/4722/img05203rf.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

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http://img301.imageshack.us/img301/7496/img05265hw.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img301.imageshack.us/img301/5666/img05299eo.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Cebu's southern city & towns of Talisay Minglanilla and Naga (http://www.youtube.com/?v=WUdqi_RG7cY)

I like Cebu's roads...they are cleaner and more orderly than MM's

weird, how come they call the tunnel a subway? subways are underground trains:D

got it

I like Cebu's roads...they are cleaner and more orderly than MM's

weird, how come they call the tunnel a subway? subways are underground trains:D

an underground passage way can also qualify as subway, right?

^true it can also be a footlong or six incher

an underground passage way can also qualify as subway, right?

Just call it a highway tunnel instead of a subway.

I like Cebu's roads...they are cleaner and more orderly than MM's

weird, how come they call the tunnel a subway? subways are underground trains:D
actually bro subway is a passage under a road or street. it could be electric cables, for pedestrians etc. but usually known for underground trains. ;)

Just call it a highway tunnel instead of a subway.

bash the Japanese contractors... they're the one who named it subway...

Can't blame them japs, they no speak no engrish san.... LOL

Can't blame Cebuanos, this is their first time to have a tunnel at marami na sa Japan so papaniwalaa talaga ang taga Japan of whatever terms they are using coz they're expert on this...

How bout in Manila, ano ba ang tawag sa mga road tunnels? Pero marami na ring tunnels sa Manila kaya parang maypagka expert na rin sila doon...

^^ :lol: We call it underpasses there. tunnel naman sa Cebu para ma-iba pero wag subway.

lol, I think the term underpass ay kagaya nung sa Laguznilad underpass na daan lang rin ang nasa ibabaw... what I mean is the term used in Manila sa mga tunnels nila na atleast 1kms long...

pero subway na ang inilagay na sign, yan na ang inilagay ng mga hapon at napakagandang tingnan...:D

^^ the important thing is, meron na tayung ganun at walang ganun sa *tooot*. :nocrook:

subway, tunnel, underpass - pareho lang na nasa ilalim. hehehe

^^sakto ka bai...

its a subway tunnel, subway kasi subterrainean, meaning - below sea level, underground, pag tunnel, it can be built even if its not below sea level, like on a hill, or it can just follow the natural terrain of the land surface but overlapped by roads kaya nagmukhang tunnel.

i dont think im making sense here!! wtf am i talking about?! hahahaha

i don't see anything wrong with the term subway. subways don't only cover underground trains.

any renderings or sketches of T 2 in mactan yet ? any plans of new runway 2 ? any plans of landscaping the islands between the run- and taxiways ? any plans of re-asphalting the taxiways ? any plans or renderings of the new annex with 2 further aerobridges in T 1 yet ? NO ? NOTHING YET ??

Subway sounds Engrish. Oh well, whatever it is called as long as its purpose is served. :lol:

Capitol marks start of P34.2M projects



MANUFACTURERS, suppliers and contractors are being invited to bid in the Capitol?s millions of pesos worth of infrastructure projects and purchases meant to ensure a more effective delivery of services in the municipalities.

The Province is finally bidding out the P15-million roll-on roll-off port in Maya, Daanbantayan, Cebu, gateway to the tourism island of Malapascua.

Construction of the port has been talked about in the previous administration yet, when the need for a safe facility for Malapascua was cited.

Tourists, foreign and domestic alike, flock to the island because of its white sand beaches and dive sites.

Contractors or prospective bidders have until Feb. 13, to submit letters of intent for this undertaking, funded by the Capitol. Opening of bids will be on March 7.

Buy vehicles

The Provincial Government is also purchasing 12 units of fire trucks and accessories, worth P10.2 million, 12 more units of military jeeps worth P2.4 million, and 20 units of mini dump trucks worth P5 million, among others.

Several towns in Cebu province still have no fire trucks, while the military jeeps will also be given to the municipalities to help their police force. Several batches of military jeeps were received by various towns last year and last month.

The issuance of bidding documents for the dump trucks and the fire trucks will be from Feb. 8 to 28, while opening of bids will be on March 1.

Meanwhile, the Office of the Vice Governor will also purchase 18 sets of laptops, totaling P1,637,800.

Vice Gov. Gregorio Sanchez Jr. informed the Provincial Board members of this in a privilege speech last Monday, when he called the board to momentarily forget politics and work without rancor.

PB work

The notebook computers will be of great help to the Board members in their legislative work, said Sanchez.

Meanwhile, other items for bidding include another laptop for the Provincial Planning and Development Office, a laboratory equipment for the Provincial Agriculturist?s Office, an ECG machine for the district hospital in Pinamungajan, and venetian blinds for 17 district hospitals.

Issuance of bid documents started last Feb. 7 and will end on Feb. 27. (JPM)

Subway sounds Engrish. Oh well, whatever it is called as long as its purpose is served. :lol:

as long as it can make Cebu more beautiful and livable... right?

as long as it can make Cebu more beautiful and livable... right?

Well, not only that - the 'subway' is there for a purpose- facilitate transportation. Cebu is going to grow and the government made the right move in investing on infrastructures like this while the population is still low. I know Cebu city's population is going to rise just like Manila in the future because jobs will be more available as the country will be decongesting the capital.

They should develop Trams and Monorails while the populations is still a low. Para mas maganda ang appeal ng Cebu.

basta for us Cebuanos, kahit ang subway na tinutukoy ay hindi daanan ng train at tinatawanan dahil kahit hindi daanan ng train ay tinawag pa rin na subway, masaya pa rin kami dahil kahit papano our officials here ay may ginagawa para sa mga tao at kahit this (small sa iba pero sa amin big na ito) project ay katawa tawa sa iba, pero sa amin importanteng importante ito sa amin... bahala na silang tawanan ang mga projects dito sa amin basta ang aming ciudad is shaping well and is doing better ;)...

basta for us Cebuanos, kahit ang subway na tinutukoy ay hindi daanan ng train at tinatawanan dahil kahit hindi daanan ng train ay tinawag pa rin na subway, masaya pa rin kami dahil kahit papano our officials here ay may ginagawa para sa mga tao at kahit this (small sa iba pero sa amin big na ito) project ay katawa tawa sa iba, pero sa amin importanteng importante ito sa amin... bahala na silang tawanan ang mga projects dito sa amin basta ang aming ciudad is shaping well and is doing better ;)...

Fast food ang subway di ba? :D
http://img51.imageshack.us/img51/3571/subway6dv.jpg

Serious na po :)
Iba-iba talaga ang meaning ng ibang words sa iba-ibang lugar. Sa ebu pag subway ang meaning non passageway kaya tama sila, sa manila naman pag subway ibig sabihin underground MRT.

Yong salvage nga, pag dito sa philippines ibig sabihin non pinatay pero sa ibang bansa ang salvage ibig sabihin nailigtas.

Subway sounds Engrish. Oh well, whatever it is called as long as its purpose is served. :lol:

^^ :lol: We call it underpasses there. tunnel naman sa Cebu para ma-iba pero wag subway.

bai, copy this picture and show it to the officials sa imong ciudad (whatever your city is) and sabihin mo
"Sir eto ang subway daw ng Cebu, wag nyo tong tularan (kung gagawa man) ang malimaling term ng mga hindi marurunong na mga Cebu officials, nakakatawa kase eh at hindi ko nga napigil ang sarili ko sa kakatawa"...

I hope your city can learn our city's mistakes in giving terms to road infras... I suggest you to talk to your mayor bai para naman hindi kayo magaya sa amin na tinawanan at tinawanan lang, parang lumuha ka panga sa katatawa eh ;)
http://img64.imageshack.us/img64/7550/dscn52228ia.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

ang yaman siguro ng city mo at ang gaganda siguro ng mga subways ninyo kaya minamaliit mo lang ang dito sa amin :)

Fast food ang subway di ba? :D
http://img51.imageshack.us/img51/3571/subway6dv.jpg

Serious na po :)
Iba-iba talaga ang meaning ng ibang words sa iba-ibang lugar. Sa ebu pag subway ang meaning non passageway kaya tama sila, sa manila naman pag subway ibig sabihin underground MRT.

Yong salvage nga, pag dito sa philippines ibig sabihin non pinatay pero sa ibang bansa ang salvage ibig sabihin nailigtas.

wow nice, I thought walang underground ang mga daanan ng trains natin dito sa Pilipinas... kase marami na sa Thailand eh, akala ko wala sa atin :okay:

wow nice, I thought walang underground ang mga daanan ng trains natin dito sa Pilipinas... kase marami na sa Thailand eh, akala ko wala sa atin :okay:

ano ka ba? joke yong post ko. ang ipinost ko na photo yong may billboard na SUBWAY at hindi yong MRT. nakakinis naman kayo feeling ko tuloy corny ako. :D

sa manila naman pag subway ibig sabihin underground MRT.

nop not the pic, nagets ko naman yung picture...hehe
ang ibig kong sabihin ay ang sinabi mo na kinoute ko...

nop not the pic, nagets ko naman yung picture...hehe
ang ibig kong sabihin ay ang sinabi mo na kinoute ko...

ah. OK. meron subway yong MRT and LRT. Underground yong AYALA and BEUENDIA Stations ng MRT 3 and Underground naman yong SANTOLAN Station ng LRT 2. ;)

^^thanks, di naman pala tayo malayo sa neighboring countries natin in terms of road infra... I really thought that we're far behind.

^^thanks, di naman pala tayo malayo sa neighboring countries natin in terms of road infra... I really thought that we're far behind.

trivia.
LRT - 2 is fully automated, kahit nga wala na yong driver ng tren pwede pa rin sya i-operate, mas hightech pa yata sya sa ibang metro lines ng NY. Ganon sya ka modern kaya lang konti ang ridership kaya palugi ang LRTA.

@slerz,

I am sorry if I offend you but I just find it odd that a tunnel is called a subway over there. I usually know subways as mass transits underground and not just tunnels. In London, they are called the Underground or Tube but the term 'subway' there is also understood as an underground rail transit. It's just me.

There are portions of MRT that goes underground. The only subway station of LRT is in Katipunan station.

@norman, its Katipunan station, Santolan station is elevated.

Actually, the Metro rail system that includes all LRTs and MRT is way cleaner than the rodent-infested, sewer-like atmosphere of the new york subway and I'm not kidding. In LRT2, its so clean, you can even sit on the floor while waiting for the train. New York Subway is just more extensive and has more services.

http://img64.imageshack.us/img64/7550/dscn52228ia.jpg (http://imageshack.us)



I also find the road sign odd. Why is the arrow pointing up? :? Usually the arrow should point down to a specific lane to direct the driver which way to go where multiple lanes fork to different directions. In the picture, looks like it is a divided road where the lanes that have the sign are going to the same direction - tunnel or subway. I have a feeling that they meant to have the sign as a warning, in which case the sign should have been in yellow and said "Subway 200 meters ahead". I'm not a traffic engineer, but I find the arrow really weird :weird:

They should develop Trams and Monorails while the populations is still a low. Para mas maganda ang appeal ng Cebu.

Meron na po blueprint, but dunno when it would be implemented. Congressman Gullas wants its construction to start before congress ends next elections..

@ jun of
i think the arrow is correct which means "subway ahead".
if it's pointing down, i think it's more on the lane u have to take.

any renderings or sketches of T 2 in mactan yet ? any plans of new runway 2 ? any plans of landscaping the islands between the run- and taxiways ? any plans of re-asphalting the taxiways ? any plans or renderings of the new annex with 2 further aerobridges in T 1 yet ? NO ? NOTHING YET ??

No rendering yet richard but it will definitely be implemented this year. Construction of the new access roads to the airport has already started, but no pictures or any rendering of it.

No rendering yet richard but it will definitely be implemented this year. Construction of the new access roads to the airport has already started, but no pictures or any rendering of it.


thank you arnoldsa, so we will just have to be patient.

^^

It's actually not easy to take pictures of the rendering richard if ever there is. Security is so tight inside the airport. Who knows there's already a rendering inside the office of Chairman Yap.

What I know is that the construction of the new access roads has started.

@slerz,

I am sorry if I offend you but I just find it odd that a tunnel is called a subway over there. I usually know subways as mass transits underground and not just tunnels. In London, they are called the Underground or Tube but the term 'subway' there is also understood as an underground rail transit. It's just me.

There are portions of MRT that goes underground. The only subway station of LRT is in Katipunan station.

@norman, its Katipunan station, Santolan station is elevated.

Actually, the Metro rail system that includes all LRTs and MRT is way cleaner than the rodent-infested, sewer-like atmosphere of the new york subway and I'm not kidding. In LRT2, its so clean, you can even sit on the floor while waiting for the train. New York Subway is just more extensive and has more services.

you know if I find a thing odd to me, I never laugh as if it's katawa tawa... your senseless laughing smileys made me think that our tunnel project is such a funny thing to you...

@jun_of, I really have no idea about that, I,m not an expert of road signs and I leave thatto that Japanese contractors, they are the one who doesn't know what's a subway and road signage... I heard pa naman na magaling ang Japanese contractors na yan...

you know if I find a thing odd to me, I never laugh as if it's katawa tawa... your senseless laughing smileys made me think that our tunnel project is such a funny thing to you...

@jun_of, I really have no idea about that, I,m not an expert of road signs and I leave thatto that Japanese contractors, they are the one who doesn't know what's a subway and road signage... I heard pa naman na magaling ang Japanese contractors na yan...

its not the tunnel project itself I am laughing about. What is laughable about the tunnel project? It is actually a good idea. I knew about this plan all along because someone posted the construction update all along. I even thought Cebu city is already building its own transit system because the word 'subway' popped up. I was wrong, its actually a highway tunnel Don't you get it? Its the term that I find it odd and funny - Subway.

Look man, don't take it seriously. There are a lot worse than that, just go to www.engrish.com and you'll know what I mean.

About the arrow thing, yeah I notice why it is pointing up. The Japanese contractors are just building it, I think its the Philippine government or a private consortium responsible for putting up sign boards and labels on the highways.

To end the issue, let me share the different definitions of the word SUBWAY:

1. a usually electric underground railway
2. an underground tunnel for pedestrians
3. an underground tunnel for vehicles; an underground highway

^^ and you got that from dictionary.com. ;)

Im just used to be calling it an underground tunnel for vehicles or highway thats all. Like I said earlier in my post, its just me.
The underground way for pedestrians for me is an underpass and not a subway.
Or I can buy a footlong sandwich from Subway outside my office. :lol:

^^ and you got that from dictionary.com. ;)



Merriam Webster dictionary. ;)

EDIT: I meant the dictionary itself, not the website.

I just found this out recenty from their respective sites:

Merriam Webster website:

: an underground way: as a : a passage under a street (as for pedestrians, power cables, or water or gas mains) b : a usually electric underground
railway c : UNDERPASS

http://www.webster.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?sourceid=Mozilla-search&va=subway

From dictionary.com:

1.
1. An underground urban railroad, usually operated by electricity.
2. A passage for such a railroad.
2. An underground tunnel or passage, as for a water main or for pedestrians.

http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=subway

You be the judge. :)

subway sounds nice. sosyal and makasuya sa taga laing ciudad. lol:

@Askal: let's just hope it won't happen. and definitely not good news for the Osmeñas. as early as now, there are great efforts in decongesting the city, or the whole metro area. they started developing cities in both north and west coast. (dba sosyal, parang east and west coast ng US. haha) remember, Cebu is learning Manila's mistakes. and the only way to stop the migration in the city is to develop the countryside so that people in the provincias are discouraged to move in the city. that's Lito Osmeña's platform when he ran for president few years ago. :)