THE national government is keen on rolling out P702.78 billion worth of public-private partnership (PPP) projects next year.
The PPP Center said the list includes nine PPPs, the largest of which is the P374.5-billion-worth Makati-Pasay-Taguig Mass Transit System Loop (MTSL) Project.
The MTSL mass-transit project will connect Bonifacio Global City, the Makati Central Business District and the Mall of Asia area in Pasay City. The proposed new rail line has a route length of approximately 12 kilometers.
Rolling out projects, under the PPP process, means a project will already enter the procurement or bidding stage.
“More or less nine muna, as of today. But we have ongoing feasibilities that are nearing completion so by first quarter next year, we’re hoping we would be able to go to ICC naman for the Batangas-Manila [Natural Gas] pipeline and the others in our pipeline,” PPP Center Executive Director Cosette V. Canilao said.
The other projects on the list include the P177.22-billion North-South Railway Project (South Line); the P50.18-billion Regional Prison Facilities through PPP project; and the P35.4-billion Cavite Laguna Expressway (Calax) Project.
The list also include the P25.6- billion Nlex-Slex Connector Road; the P18.99-billion Davao Sasa Port Modernization Project; the P19.33- billion Motor Vehicle Inspection System (MVIS) Project; the P1.16- billion Civil Registry System-IT Project (Phase II); and the P400- million Tanauan City Public Market Redevelopment Project.
Meanwhile, the PPP Center also said that at least 12 PPPs worth P286.42 billion are currently being bidded out by the government.
Canilao said bidding out 12 PPPs all at the same time was unprecedented. She said the government hopes these projects and other PPPs will be bidded out successfully next year.
The largest PPP that is currently undergoing procurement is the P122.8-billion-worth Laguna Lakeshore Expressway-Dike Project.
The project aims to mitigate flooding in the western coastal communities along Laguna Lake— from Bicutan, Taguig, in Metro Manila through Calamba to Bay in Laguna. It will also help decongest roads going to and from Metro Manila by creating an alternate route to and from Laguna.
Other PPPs being bidded out are the P40.57-billion Davao Airport Operations, Maintenance and Development Project; the P30.4-billion Iloilo Airport Operations, Maintenance and Development Project; the P24.4-billion Bulacan Bulk Water Supply Project; and the P20.26-billion Bacolod Airport Operations, Maintenance and Development Project.
The list also includes the P18.72- billion New Centennial Water Source-Kaliwa Dam Project; the P14.62-billion Laguindingan Airport Operations, Maintenance and Development Project; and the P5.81-billion Puerto Princesa Airport Operations, Maintenance and Development Project.
Projects to be bidder out also include the P4 billion Integrated Transport System-South Terminal Project; the P2.5-billion Integrated Transport System-Southwest Terminal Project; and the P2.34-billion New Bohol Airport Operations, Maintenance and Development Project.
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