Bicol Region Infrastructure and Urban Planning

[Monsi]

leading to SLIA and Guicadale...

[Monsi]

^From the proposed SLIA, these will welcome visitors...

[garzland]

Originally Posted by Monsi

Bong, I respect your opinion but I disagree... We have Bicol's first malls. Opened in 2001, Landco Pacific Mall has three levels (plus fourth level conference and bingo halls); its anchor department store, Metro Gaisano, has four levels. The first and biggest locally-grown mall, LCC, has seven escalators conveying shoppers to/from five levels. As you can see in the picture, another mall is abuilding. We have the busiest airport in Southern Luzon with higher capacity Airbus A320s in almost all flights. Now, tell me who's catching up. You are welcome to visit again, I'm sure much has changed since you last came. Isn't it nice to know that Bicol's cities are dynamic and that instead of competing, they complement each other? Maray na Albay sa imo.

Naga is not catching up but rather had caught up.

I'm glad Bicol cities are more dynamic now than ever.

[malorie]

Originally Posted by Monsi

leading to SLIA and Guicadale...

I went to the area last week , the view is breathtaking ! if the entrance to the city from SLIA will be there, It's a welcome change from the chaotic Daraga entrance and stinky Kimantong welcome, but i wonder where the main road going down the city will be ? will it be the narrow road to AMEC ? or the zigzag stanza road? or a new road to Embarcadero, via Bgy. Dap-dap and Puro?

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LKY Metro Transport and Lifestyle Hub (Legazpi Central Terminal)
Legazpi, Albay

The city of Legazpi is set to unveil a new integrated transport and lifestyle complex that will replace the old bus terminal. The P150-million modern terminal is touted as the first of its kind in the entire country – a showcase of what future transport terminals should be. The new terminal, dubbed as LKY Metro Transport and Lifestyle Hub, is built on a 3.9-hectare land located right in the geographical center of the city’s urban area. Perspective

It will feature several structures comprising the jeepney and filcab terminals, bus terminal, commercial spaces, and a lifestyle hub that is envisioned as a new shopping and entertainment destination for locals and tourists alike. Wilbert Lee, president of LKY Group, said the new terminal “will become a one-stop-shop catering to all the transport and lifestyle needs of the Legazpi market.”

The LKY Metro Transport and Lifestyle Hub will have an avant-garde design and efficient layout. This will be the first transport terminal in the country with a computerized entry-exit system to ensure a fast, efficient and organized terminal operation. Every driver will be given a swipe card that will serve as access card into the terminal. The system is hooked to several TV monitors installed in the waiting areas that will inform passengers of the arrival and departure of their bus, jeepney or filcab.

A well-planned and efficient layout will ensure the free flow of all vehicles to and from the terminal as well as within. The terminal will be accessible via four entry and exit points: two along F. Imperial St., along Tahao Road and via the access road to the Landco Business Park. There are also ample spaces for ticketing booths. The terminal will be a regional transport hub servicing not only the province of Albay but also the entire Bicol peninsula and beyond.

The new terminal promises to make commuting a breeze, with its strategically located waiting areas, food stalls and fast food joints serving freshly-cooked meals, and three clean, and well-maintained toilets. A businessman’s lounge will also be built offering a clean rest area for a fee for businessmen on the go complete with pay showers, lockers and a lounge.

The central terminal will not just be a transit point but a destination on its own. A new lifestyle hub adjacent to the terminal is expected to become a place to relax and be entertained, not only for road-weary travelers but also for the locals of Legazpi. The lifestyle hub is inspired by the Bonifacio High Street development in the Bonifacio Global City. Retail stores, restaurants, cafes, bars and other business establishments enclose a central courtyard with landscaping and fountain.

The lifestyle hub offers opportunities for local businessmen. Commercial spaces are available for lease with rates that are lower than in malls. No percentage of sales will be required from locators.

The construction of the LKY Metro Transport and Lifestyle Hub was implemented through a build-operate-transfer (BOT) agreement between the city of Legazpi and LKY Group. Thus, the terminal was built without a single centavo coming from the city government. As a BOT project, it is completely funded by LKY Group and will be turned over to the government after 40 years. Lee revealed that LKY Group will also build a similar terminal in Tacloban City.

Site Development Plan of LKY Metro Transport and Lifestyle Hub, Legazpi City


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Perspective of LKY Metro Transport and Lifestyle Hub (New Legazpi Central Terminal)



Bus Terminal


Lifestyle Hub


Shops and restaurants


Commercial spaces


Consolidated Terminals













Photo updates: Legazpi Terminal (July 6, 2009)

Filcab and Jeepney Terminal - ready for operation. Hopefully in 2-3 weeks time this terminal will already be operational.















Exit Gate for Filcab/Jeepney Terminal (you can see how high they have elevated the entire terminal. This building used to have stairs leading to it. Now, it's lower than the rest of the terminal.)



Infrared device for driver access cards:

[igor09]

wow, congrats...

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LKY Metro Transport and Lifestyle Hub (Legazpi Central Terminal)
Legazpi, Albay

Originally Posted by [dx]

Commercial spaces up for grabs

Originally Posted by [dx]

More terminal updates (July 6, 2009)

Originally Posted by [dx]

More updates: LKY Lifestyle Hub (beside the Metro Transport)

Another shopping and entertainment destination rising in the city
There will be shops, restaurants, bars, cafes lining a courtyard with landscaping, a fountain, and an area for small events.







^According to the contractor, the electric poles will be removed and relocated. All electrical lines within the terminal will be buried underground.

Architect's renderings:




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Originally Posted by [dx]

The Bus Terminal (still under construction)







Ticket Booths

From the Legazpi City thread

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Reclamation, new Dap-dap-Puro Bridge and Legazpi-Manito Road
Legazpi, Albay

Originally Posted by [dx]

The reclaimed area behind the hill

Originally Posted by [dx]

Ongoing construction of a bridge in Dap-dap/Puro

Originally Posted by [dx]

image hosted on flickr

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Reclamation, new Dap-dap-Puro Bridge and Legazpi-Manito Road

Originally Posted by Monsi

Sayang, I don't think we have a PEZA insider...
Last Sunday...

[Rodel]

wow...maganda talaga ang legazpi central terminal...

[Monsi]

Originally Posted by xXTrademarKXx™

^Our counterpart in Mindanao (mas maray kuta kun arog sainda, four-lane man an gibuhon na SLIA access road...)

[julzandrew]

yes,, dapat wide lanes ,, tsaka dapat may railway din papuntang airport

[Juan Pilgrim]

Amazing and well deserved develpoment in the Bicol Region!!! Mabuhay!

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Hints of an upcoming development in Legazpi:

Lifestyle mall rouses ‘Sleeping Lion’
By Rey M. Nasol
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 00:23:00 08/13/2009



THE KAPUNTUKAN Hill at the port area, which residents of Legazpi City call the “Sleeping Lion,” has awakened with the soft opening of a “lifestyle mall” called the Embarcadero de Legazpi.

Occupying 2.6 hectares of reclaimed land, the Embarcadero was designed by Australian engineers and inspired by the Fisherman’s Wharf in San Francisco, California. It is open to locators who want their customers to savor the sights of the Mayon Volcano and the Albay Gulf, as well as the rising and setting of the sun. “With a leasable area of only 1.2 hectares, mall goers will have plenty of space to walk, even bike, around. The reason for this is that when you say lifestyle mall, you should have the space for landscaping, good architecture and dining,” Harry V. Roscom, the mall manager, explains.

“We’re hyping up the way people of Legazpi would be looking into mall shopping, dining and even working because of the business process outsourcing offices within the area where a call center is targeted to rise,” he adds. What is unique about the Embarcadero is that it’s more of a high-end choice, though there are low-end and mid-end alternatives, Roscom says. It is envisioned to be a world-class lifestyle mall and the first of its kind in Bicol.

Scheduled to fully open by October, the Embarcadero already has a few locators, such as Kitaro, Tapa King, Biggs Diner, Gerry's Grill and Pancit Malabon restaurants. Soon to open are Padi’s Point, Mang Inasal, Casa Nuestra and the Pacific Dive, a café featuring diving gadgets and events. “Since the soft opening on July 18, we are having night life events, giving you the most beautiful feeling with the ambiance of fine dining by the beautiful Albay Gulf,” Roscom says.



The mall area, which can accommodate 12 buildings, is part of a proposed development complex that roughly covers 200 hectares, including a boulevard accessible to the southern villages of the city. Legazpi has one of the most organized road networks and public transport systems in the province and in the region. “The mall area is just one percent in totality as we have opened roads which eventually would be a new passenger jeep route to and from the areas behind the Sleeping Lion,” Roscom says.

Aside from offices and restaurants, the Embarcadero would offer boutiques, a waterfront market place, hotel and spa, watering holes, amusement centers, cafés, outdoor patios and a 30-meter lighthouse. At the celebration plaza in the middle, big events can be held.

An 8,000-seat call center will also rise at its Information Technology Park. Also expected to open is the Soul Radio Network, an FM radio station with AM programming at certain periods of the day, whose booth is located at the lighthouse.

The Embarcadero will “activate” the waterfront 24 hours a day, seven days a week, Roscom says. It is also envisioned to be a jump-off point to Bicol’s eco-tourism wonders, including the whale sharks of Donsol, Sorsogon; manta rays of Ticao Pass, Mayon; Misibis Resorts, Estates & Spa; the steaming Nag-Asu Lake in Manito, Albay; the calm Sula Channel; Pototan Cave and its underground river; and the Vera Falls.

“There will be water sports to make the most of the beautiful and clean waters of the Albay Gulf and the beautiful Kapuntukan Hill,” Roscom says. Ma. Emmabeth G. Cabria, the marketing manager, says the proposed BPO center could hold some 8,000 call center seats. On its third floor will be the training center of the Southern Luzon Technological College Foundation Inc.

“We no longer need to try our luck in Manila to look for a call center job. It is here and almost up for grabs,” Joel Camacho, a computer science graduate from Donsol, says. Accredited by the Philippine Economic Zone Authority, the P1.8-billion IT Park Promenade will be the first IT ecozone in the region.

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PGMA to inspect Bicol infrastructure projects

TIGAON, Camarines Sur, Aug. 13 (PNA) -- President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo will inspect Thursday the proposed P329.5-million Presentacion-Caramoan coastal road project.

The 24.42-kilometer road will link Presentacion and Caramoan towns and the nine barangays in between.

The President will be briefed on the progress of the project by Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Undersecretary Rafael Yabut in Barangay Quijalo, Caramoan Thursday morning.

The proposed road project is expected to open new income opportunities and spur the socio-economic development in the province by providing people the means to transport livestock and agricultural products to commercial centers.

It is also designed to serve as an access to the roll-on roll-off (RO-RO) ferry port in Caramoan going to the island province of Catanduanes.
After her visit to Caramoan, the President will inaugurate the refurbished P400-million tolling facility of the Legazpi Oil Company in Legazpi City. (PNA)

[julzandrew]

wow good job bicolanos!!

i hope there is a railway or expressway that connects legazpi, ligao and tabaco cities!

[[dx]]

Update of ongoing road (Legazpi-Manito) and bridge (over the mouth of the Macabalo River) construction and waterfront development in Legazpi City

Originally Posted by Monsi

Map of the area:

[julzandrew]

bravo

[[dx]]

Check out this nice video of the infrastructure developments in Estanza, Legazpi City. I hope they also make a video of the infrastructure projects in Puro - Dap-dap.

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New seawall and coastal road in Legazpi City (Puro-Dap-dap-Lamba Area)

Originally Posted by Monsi

No; Hollywood and American literature and television made us aware of Sunset Boulevard in California...but Sunrise is too colonial...


How about "Sirangan" Boulevard?

Originally Posted by Monsi

You are welcome, Deecee...

The new breakwater in Puro up close...



^...imagine the next phase of the project reaching the Peninsula de Lamba yonder. I heard Mayor Rosal mention live on radio the project will be extended to Manito! (that's some 40 kilometers away)

Originally Posted by Monsi

Allow me to show a part of my face, heheh...

Maray na Albay satuya gabos!

Originally Posted by Monsi

No wonder even Fernando Zobel de Ayala becomes interested...



Ooops, sorry for the large images. More pictures here:
Legazpi Boulevard Extension, Puro

Originally Posted by joks_25

Inauguration of the Puro Seawall (Victory-Dapdap-Puro-Lamba Coastal Road Phases 1 & 2) Project
Barangay Puro, Legazpi City, Albay

September 30, 2009


President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo's last stop in her visit to Albay province is in Legazpi City to formally inaugurate the Puro Seawall Phase I & II Project aboard an open-top vehicle.

The P 70 million project covers 560 linear meters concrete road traversing the coastal barangays of Victory Village, Dapdap, Puro and Lamba. It includes a walkway and a jogging or bicycle lane, and is envisioned to be the “Roxas Boulevard” of Legazpi City.

And being an alternate route, the road will decongest traffic jam at the city proper once the Dapdap Bridge is completed, and it will provide commutters safe access traveling to and from downtown Legazpi.

Originally Posted by Monsi

No; Hollywood and American literature and television made us aware of Sunset Boulevard in California...but Sunrise is too colonial...


How about "Sirangan" Boulevard?

Originally Posted by Monsi

You are welcome, Deecee...

The new breakwater in Puro up close...



^...imagine the next phase of the project reaching the Peninsula de Lamba yonder. I heard Mayor Rosal mention live on radio the project will be extended to Manito! (that's some 40 kilometers away)

Originally Posted by Monsi

Allow me to show a part of my face, heheh...

Maray na Albay satuya gabos!

Originally Posted by Monsi

No wonder even Fernando Zobel de Ayala becomes interested...



Ooops, sorry for the large images. More pictures here:
Legazpi Boulevard Extension, Puro