Subic-Clark-Tarlac Expressway

[pau_p1]

oh... great long article... I hope this project goes on well...

Phase 2 would be nice... going to Baguio and northern towns would be faster... plus another possible port city in the Pacific coast... cool...

I hope soon there would also be this kind of development in Mindanao....so our fellow Muslim Filipinos would also have enough work...

[renell]

hmm... that small map seems to be diff from the one i posted in the NLEX thread. man it's heaps long.

[renell]

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showth...8&page=4&pp=25

poster number 93.

looks like we're gonna have a series of expressways throughout Central Luzon. awesome

[muzic_lover2981]

Construction of the 94.5-kilometer (km) Subic-Clark-Tarlac Expressway is slated to begin early next year after the Bases Conversion Development Authority (BCDA) and contractors finally agreed to lower the cost by PhP1.1 billion to P21 billion.

In a statement yesterday, BCDA said the agreement avoided a re-bid, which would have delayed the project by another two years.

"The result of the negotiations has further reduced the cost of construction by as much as PhP1.1 billion from the last negotiated cost of P22.1 billion," the press release quoted BCDA president and chief executive officer Rufo Colayco as saying.

The agreement will be submitted for the BCDA board's approval on Wednesday. The BCDA will then seek the nod of the Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC), Mr. Colayco said. The Japanese government is funding the tollway project through the JBIC, which will extend a 40-year loan agreement at an interest rate of 0.95%, with a 10-year grace period on principal.

BCDA officials failed to jump-start the project early this year as the lowest tendered bids exceeded the Approved Budget for Contract or ABC by as much as P6 billion, or 35%.

Mr. Colayco said the notice to proceed would be issued to the winning bidders by middle of December, after provisions of the loan agreement with JBIC have been complied with.

"Hopefully, once the bids are formally awarded next month, construction would begin by January next year and would be completed by 2007," he said in the statement.

The winning bidders are Japanese consortia Kojima-Obayashi-JSE Engineering-Mitsubishi Steel (KOJM) Joint Venture for Package 1 (Subic to Clark) and Hazama-Taisei-Nippon Joint Venture for Package 2 (Clark to Tarlac).

The country's longest tollway will link Subic Freeport, the Clark Special Economic Zone, and the Luisita Industrial Park in Tarlac, all in Central Luzon. The Subic to Clark portion will cover 50.5 km while the Clark to Tarlac portion will stretch 44 km.

[renell]

Doesn't say anything about a connection to SLEX....... hope one happens.

[federal]

SLEX is far... skyway would be the link if ever...

SCTEx ---> Interchange ----> NLEX ----> Skyway onramp at Balintawak (maybe will be started after 10 years pa...) ----> Then SLEX

[absent-minded]

i think he meant NLEX. haha... or maybe Renell really was talking about SLEX.

good news re. SCTEX. they've finally got it going. hopefully, nothing bad happens from now until January.

btw, is C5 connected to SLEX? cuz they're going to etend it to connect with the NLEX, right? so if it's also connected to the SLEX, there'd be three major highways linking the two expressways. C5, EDSA and hopefully Skyway...

[federal]

Yeah absent-minded. Plus the NAIA Expressway... the SLEX with be linked to the Coastal Expressway... wow, fully integratred.

[renell]

damn i meant NLEX

lol sorry guysss and if connected, where?

[renell]

damn i meant NLEX

lol sorry guysss and if connected, where?

[federal]

maybe at San simon as seen in the map...

[muzic_lover2981]

The Bases Conversion Development Authority (BCDA) has announced the successful conclusion of the negotiations with the lowest evaluated Japanese bidder of the Subic-Clark-Tarlac Expressway Project (SCTEP) reducing the cost by R1 billion signalling the start of the long-delayed 94-kilometer road network.


The winning bidder is composed of Japanese consortiums KojimaObayashiJSE Engineering-Mitsubishi Steel (KOJM) Joint Venture for Package 1 (Subic to Clark) and Hazama-Taisei-Nippon Joint Venture for package 2 (Clark to Tarlac).

BCDA president and chief executive officer Rufo Colayco said that following the negotiations, the civil construction cost has been down to R21 billion from the last negotiated cost of R22.1 billion.

The awarding of the SCTEP Project was delayed early this year as the lowest tendered bids for the project exceeded the Approved Budget for Contract (ABC) by as much as 355 or R6 billion more.

According to Colayco the result of the negotiations will be submitted to the BCDA board for approval on October 27. Subsequently BCDA will have to obtain concurrence from the Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC).

Following its further compliance to the provisions of the loan agreement with JBIC, BCDA expects to issue the notice to proceed to the winning bidders by mid-December this year, Colayco said.

"The resolution to proceed with the implementation of the project is the fruition of the 8-month negotiations process between BCDA and the Japanese contractors,’’ Colayco said.

Once the bids are formally awarded next month, construction would begin by January next year and would be completed by 2007.

President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo has approved the project last month in the NEDA Investment Coordinating Council (ICC) cabinet level meeting wherein the President directed officials of BCDA to negotiate further with the bidders and work out to bring the cost to R21 billion or less than a billion of the approved agency estimates.

The project is being funded by a 40-year loan agreement between the government of Japan through JBIC and the government of the Philippines at an interest rate of 0.95% with a 10-year grace period on principal.

"The project is essential to the development of the region as it would create thousands of jobs and transform the area into an international logistics center, which is part of President Arroyo’s 10-point agenda,’’ Colayco stressed.

"The completion of the SCTEP would transform the Subic Freeport and the Diosdado Macapagal International Airport into a giant under-modal transshipment hub,’’ he said.

It will complement with Subic, which is being groomed as the country’s premier seaport.

[renell]

Originally Posted by federal

maybe at San simon as seen in the map...

well, this one isn't related to NLEX. that one im guessing is only part of big NLEX plans. also that one doesn't seem like it's heading into tarlac..

[ryanr]

@ article - Great that they settled this. Now, lets get the actual job done!

[bardigones]

SCTEx is connected to NLEX... near the northern part of Clark Air Base.

phase 3 is from Luisita Park to Rosario, La Union. phase 2 is from Luisita Park to Dingalan Bay (Pacific Coast) - passing Cabanatuan

[davidwebb]

BCDA set to award civil works component of SCTEP
By Marianne V. Go
The Philippine Star 11/01/2004

The Bases Conversion Development Authority (BCDA) will award this month the civil works component of the 94.5-kilometer Subic-Clark-Tarlac Expressway Project (SCTEP) to the Japanese consortia Kojima-Obayashi-JSE Engineering-Mitsubishi Steel (KOJM) Joint Venture and the Hazama-Taisei-Nippon Joint Venture.

KOJM and the HTN have agreed to undertake the SCTEP construction at a cost of P20.97 billion.

Package 1, which will cost P12.7 billion, will cover the construction of the Subic to Clark portion and which will be undertaken by the KOJM Group.

Package 2, which will cost P8.2 billion, will cover the construction of the Clark to Tarlac portion and will be undertaken by the HTN Group.

Following the awarding, the BCDA will still have to obtain concurrence from the Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC), which will fund the project, to officially award the contract.

The BCDA Board recently approved the final cost of P20.97 billion after a protracted negotiation that had started in February this year.

The original bid of both contractors amounted to P27 billion last February.

Construction would begin by January 2005 and would be completed in 2007.
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I hope there would be no more delays on this project (fingers crossed).

[muzic_lover2981]

[renell]

thanks man i like looking at those diagrams

looks like Subic-Clark-Tarlac and NLEX will form a "wishbone" of expressways throughout Northern Luzon.. pretty good

exactly what magazine was that article in

[mhe-ann]

BizNews Asia/ April26-May3, 2004?