Davao Region Infrastructure and Urban Planning

[pikotski]

hey everyone! madayaw! im just a newbie here, Im just looking around, good thing there's a lot of Davao peeps here!

[bustero]

Samal Freeport won't work without a bridge.

It's important for Samal to have greater transportation links as right now , it's extremely backward and suffers from extremely high unemployment rate. Make a guess of how much people get paid in Paradise and the other resorts! I don't know if the bridge is sustainable otherwise it's unlikely to get their needed sovereign guarantee which is almost impossible to get now from the GRP. So while it's nice to have Samal as the Davao's garden, the choice of most Samaleno's is jobs and food on the table. You'll need that bridge to build retirement homes and resorts on a much wider basis. Imagine this if you have it, then the kilometers of beach resorts that currently can not be built on the Davao side will be open to a multitude of markets. Currently only sea based transpo exists so you can't have mass tourism which is needed by the economy.

[abskess]

Originally Posted by bustero

Samal Freeport won't work without a bridge.

It's important for Samal to have greater transportation links as right now , it's extremely backward and suffers from extremely high unemployment rate. Make a guess of how much people get paid in Paradise and the other resorts! I don't know if the bridge is sustainable otherwise it's unlikely to get their needed sovereign guarantee which is almost impossible to get now from the GRP. So while it's nice to have Samal as the Davao's garden, the choice of most Samaleno's is jobs and food on the table. You'll need that bridge to build retirement homes and resorts on a much wider basis. Imagine this if you have it, then the kilometers of beach resorts that currently can not be built on the Davao side will be open to a multitude of markets. Currently only sea based transpo exists so you can't have mass tourism which is needed by the economy.

Yeah, I do agree with u pre. We can have development at the same time preserve the natural beauty of Samal. If Singapore and Sentosa Island were able to attain such level of development why we cant? Discipline coupled with deep love for Mother Nature lang kinakailngan.

Kahit nasa gitna pa ng pacific ocean mo ilagay ang Samal kung ang mga tao nitoy walang disiplina at malasakit sa inang kalikasan, it still doom to annihilation. And parang ironical naman na while we have been bragging Davao City as the cleanest and most green city, when it comes to the idea of connecting Samal to Davao parang natatakot tayong ikakasira lang ito ng IGACOS. I cant see the consistency.

Disiplina lang talagang kinakailangan...

[WawaY[625]]

hey pikostki!!! welcome to SSC!

[WawaY[625]]

Originally Posted by abskess

Yeah, I do agree with u pre. We can have development at the same time preserve the natural beauty of Samal. If Singapore and Sentosa Island were able to attain such level of development why we cant? Discipline coupled with deep love for Mother Nature lang kinakailngan.

Kahit nasa gitna pa ng pacific ocean mo ilagay ang Samal kung ang mga tao nitoy walang disiplina at malasakit sa inang kalikasan, it still doom to annihilation. And parang ironical naman na while we have been bragging Davao City as the cleanest and most green city, when it comes to the idea of connecting Samal to Davao parang natatakot tayong ikakasira lang ito ng IGACOS. I cant see the consistency.

Disiplina lang talagang kinakailangan...

you have a point, actually pwede man, the thing is lang, if ever man magka bridge, the way things are in the philippines, the chances of it being a paradise city with balanced nature and developments are close to nil.

yes DC is clean, and we can keep samal clean, pero if we are to touch samal, and let it grow just like any other city, dili na cya unique. mura ra cyag lapulapu in mactan ana?(no offense sa lapu lapu) my point is if samal goes the way most cities in terms of development,maski limpyo pa like DC, it wont be unique anymore.

[abskess]

Originally Posted by Gravy_addict

you have a point, actually pwede man, the thing is lang, if ever man magka bridge, the way things are in the philippines, the chances of it being a paradise city with balanced nature and developments are close to nil.

yes DC is clean, and we can keep samal clean, pero if we are to touch samal, and let it grow just like any other city, dili na cya unique. mura ra cyag lapulapu in mactan ana?(no offense sa lapu lapu) my point is if samal goes the way most cities in terms of development,maski limpyo pa like DC, it wont be unique anymore.

yeah pre...yan nga lang talga ang masakit na katotohanan. But i think with the leadership of Digong and Mayor Antalan i dont see this as something na parang suntok sa buwan.

[Global Davao]

Infrastructure
The presence of basic infrastructure within the City such as airport, seaports, roads, bridges, and telecommunications has sustained the economic growth in the last 10 years. Due to the City’s unprecedented growth, a clamor for higher capacity infrastructures resulted to a number of modernization projects now ongoing to meet the demands of the new millennium.

The Davao International Airport is the busiest airport in Mindanao. Expansion and modernization began in 1998. Today, the new DIA (opened in December 2003) has begun accommodating wider-bodied jets such as the Boeing 747.

Construction of more roads and bridges are also underway. The construction of the City’s third major road - the Buhangin underpass was completed in the 1st quarter of 2003. A Traffic Management and Computerization Scheme was also implemented. Davao City is ranked no. 5 among cities in Asia with better traffic flow based on vehicles per kilometer of city road.

Presently, there are 2 government seaports (the Sasa Wharf and the Sta. Ana Pier) and 9 privately owned ports. The City Government is currently in the process of taking over the management of the seaports to modernize facilities and expand capacity. In addition, the city has a fish port called the Toril Fish Port Complex to accommodate small and large-scale fishing activities as well as provide among others cold-storage facilities.

Communication links within the key business areas are adequate. With the deregulation and privatization policies of the Philippine government, the number of telecommunications player is projected to increase as well as offer affordable telecommunications services to subscribers/clienteles.

[Rajah_Soliman]

Originally Posted by abskess

... And parang ironical naman na while we have been bragging Davao City as the cleanest and most green city, when it comes to the idea of connecting Samal to Davao parang natatakot tayong ikakasira lang ito ng IGACOS. I cant see the consistency.

Disiplina lang talagang kinakailangan...

well articulated argument...

[KulasKusgan]

Highways starts work on Davao overpass

By Joel E. Zurbano

TO improve traffic along Ulas Junction in Davao City, the Department of Public Works and Highways has started working on the proposed P504-million President Diosdado Macapagal overpass.

Public Works Secretary Hermogenes Ebdane Jr. directed his men to immediately complete the detailed evaluation of the proposed project.

The Ulas junction is at the junction of the Davao City-Bukidnon Road leading to Cagayan de Oro and other parts of Northern Mindanao and the Davao City-Digos Highway leading to General Santos City and Cotabato City.

The inspectorate team is composed of technical and engineering experts from the DPWH Central Office and Bureau of Research and Standards while the DPWH Davao regional office, headed by Dir. Dimas Soguilon, will provide the field operation assistance and coordinate with the local government units.

The engineering and traffic survey involves gathering of required data from the intersection capability analysis, manual vehicle classification counts, vehicle queue survey, and conflicting pedestrian count, number of bus stopping, travel time survey and origin-destination survey.

The project, proposed by Mayor Rodrigo Duterte and supported by House Majority Leader Prospero Nograles, is funded by the Japanese Government Grant Aid Program through the Official Development Assistance with National Economic Development Authority technical assistance.

According to Soguilon, the multimillion President Diosdado Macapagal overpass project involves the construction of a four-lane concrete bridge, widening of existing roads and construction of detour roads.

After the survey, an environmental impact assessment and resettlement action plan will be done in coordination with the Environmental and Social Services Office, headed by project manager Criste Navida.

http://www.manilastandardtoday.com/?...04_july10_2006

[Rajah_Soliman]

Originally Posted by sleepwalker_uno

Highways starts work on Davao overpass


http://www.manilastandardtoday.com/?...04_july10_2006

THIS IS GOOD NEWS!!!!

[abskess]

Yahooooooooooo

[WawaY[625]]

Originally Posted by rajah_soliman

THIS IS GOOD NEWS!!!!

sa amo diri sa skyline bad news na. (temporary ra hinuon) hmmm traffic g banha..yiii anyway, i know needed ang overpass pero wala na bay lain solution? maot man gud tan-awon ang overpass oi

[Rajah_Soliman]

Originally Posted by Gravy_addict

sa amo diri sa skyline bad news na. (temporary ra hinuon) hmmm traffic g banha..yiii anyway, i know needed ang overpass pero wala na bay lain solution? maot man gud tan-awon ang overpass oi

Here's my honest to goodness opinion. Opinion lang ha.... The truth is, we really don't need fly-overs and underpasses since the traffic situation in Davao, I guess, is still manageable. Trafficwise, Davao is not New York or LA; Davao is not Tokyo or Manila.

Many would probably agree that what we need are the following: lesser jeepneys, lesser tricycles, lesser trisikads, more sidewalks (tree lined and wide), bicycle lanes, a regular STATION to STATION bus service from north to south and vice-versa, etc...

Now the reality is that we are a nation of an "informal economy" and this will will be the case in the next one hundred years (I don't want to elaborate on this, baka matapunan ako ng itlog dito Maot kung maot ang fly-over, but we have no choice, Brod. Gravy_addict, but to follow the footsteps of India....build more of these maot fly-overs and underpasses to ease vehicular traffic and safeguard (?) the pedestrians.

Unfortunately, the solutions we all would like to have (which I mentioned above and which have been mentioned many times in the previous threads) are ...sad to say...correct me if I'm wrong...opinion lang ha..bato-bato sa langit ang tamaan wag magagalit......not feasible. Albeit we could continue on dreaming on these solutions ---libre naman eh..... at the meantime, masaya na ako sa ganitong balita

[Rajah_Soliman]

Mayor asks P350M from Arroyo for sports complex construction
By Barbara Carla R. Quiero

DAVAO City Mayor Rodrigo R. Duterte has sought the help of President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo in completing the Davao City Sports Complex to be constructed at the 20-hectare land within the University of Philippines, Mindanao Campus at Barangay Oshiro, Tugbok District.

In his letter dated July 6, Duterte requested Arroyo to provide P350 million for the sports complex consisting of an oval, grandstand, multi-purpose gymnasium, and an Olympic standard in-door swimming pool, and diving boards.


Join the Sun.Star message board.Duterte said Davao City has "shied away" from hosting sports events because the city lack a sports complex that is big enough to host and handle regional, national and international sports events.

"I am earnestly requesting your kind support to provide the remaining balance of P350 million as the counterpart of the National Government for this very important project that our city is embarking on," Duterte said in his letter.

City Administrator Wendel E. Avisado said Monday the City Government has already earmarked P150 million from a Land Bank loan to jumpstart the project.

He, however, said the Philippine Sports Commission recommended that the completion of such facility will cost the city P500 million.

Avisado said with the completion of the city sports complex, Davao City, at any moment, can host regional, national, and even international sports events.

"We are looking on the possibility of Davao City to become the sports Mecca of the Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia and Philippines-East Asian Growth Area," Avisado said.

He added that potential athletes in the city can also have proper training at the facility thus, providing quality athletes that will bring honor not only to the city but to the whole country.

"Chances of winning is very high if we envision Davao City as a venue for training," he added.


(July 11, 2006 issue)
SUN.STAR

[Rajah_Soliman]

Tuesday, July 11, 2006
PTA Grounds to be closed for rehabilitation

JOGGERS at the PTA Grounds will have to find some other place to do their daily exercise as the area will be closed soon to speed up its transformation into a greenbelt park.

City Administrator Wendel E. Avisado said "in due time" they will no longer allow entry of people at the PTA Grounds as people can slow down the work in the area.

Arroyo Watch: Sun.Star blog on President Arroyo


Avisado said the city has already started working in transforming the PTA Grounds into a park, similar to the Central Park in New York City. Over a hundred balled full-grown trees are in fact already waiting to be replanted there soon.

"Without people jogging and running around the oval, their work can continue unhampered," Avisado said Monday.

Avisado said, Ed Viacrucis, chief architect of the project wants that work in the entire project be done simultaneously.

"So by December the mayor's wish will be granted, which is that hopefully there will be a place people could go to by December," he said.

Avisado advice joggers to go to other places such as the Davao City High School, which has a track oval and parking lots of malls to do their jogging in the meantime. (BRQ)

SUNSTAR
(July 11, 2006 issue)

[bustero]

If I were the city, I'd prioritize asking Arroyo for something more critical than that white elephant sa Maa.

[WawaY[625]]

we never asked PGMA to revive artica naman diba?

btw your thoughts sa artica..valid na defects or politics ra jud?

[junax]

so far these are the government projects:

1. modernization of traffic signs and lights (29 intersections Phase I, another 20++ Phase II) (starts this week, target December)
2. davao greenbelt (on going, target December or Next Year)
3. diosdado macapagal flyover in ulas (pipeline)
4. modern sports complex in tugbok (pipeline)
5. lrt study (on going until december)
6. upgrading of drainage (pipeline)
7. investors in sasa marina project (rumored by davao Councilor Peter Laviña)
8. ???
9. ???

[Rajah_Soliman]

not a davao infra topic but of relevance (?) for davao metro folks

IGaCoS revisits development plan
Mindanao Times 11-July-2006

After three workshops to determine whether to amend or to revise its Comprehensive Development Plan (CDP), the Island Garden City of Samal opted to wait until the end of the year to render its decision. Meantime, representatives from the executive and legislative departments of the local government unit, as well as from various national agencies, resolved to correct the gaps that have been identified. The economic cluster noted that there is no clear-cut policy on food production. To correct this, maximum utilization of all agricultural lands and a moratorium on land conversion was recommended. To achieve harmonization of sectoral plans with the city’s goals, the social cluster aims to conduct needs assessment in the community, strengthen law enforcement on laws affecting coastal areas, housing, waste management, and anti-smoking. Extensive discussions on land use resulted to a proposal that Preliminary Approval for Locational Clearance (PALC) will not be issued to applicants unless the lot is situated within built-up areas. Also, there will be no issuance of locational clearance or building permit unless there is a development permit. Assessment on the infrastructure sector revealed that there has been massive opening of barangay roads. Also apparent was the lack of plan to support developments on drainage and sewerage management. The local government administrative cluster suggested the synchronization of planning and budgeting on programs and projects to ensure that these are in consonance with those that have been specified in the CDP. IGaCoS’ 10-year CDP which is an output of seven modules of sectoral planning workshops was drafted in 1999 as a guidebook of the local government unit in the implementation of developmental projects for the Island City. On its inception, it was stipulated that it should be evaluated after five years as to time, quantity, and quality of public service accomplishments. Samal’s CDP contains the historical background, demography, natural features, land capability/classification, and the soil suitability of the island. The general framework is well laid out having its developmental vision, mission, goals, objectives, targets, and strategies. Sectoral development needs are also given preferences in its sectoral development plans for economic, social, and infrastructure sectors. Program implementations are ensured through the local government administration. The CDP also incorporates land use developmental plan that considers general, urban, coastal, and environmental land uses; local development investment plan that prioritizes program fund allocations; and comprehensive zoning ordinance that regulates inappropriate or non-conforming developments. (IGaCoS Public Information Unit/nosadaq)

[Global Davao]

i must say its politics...