Volume XXXIX, No.

231 a Monday, July 15,2019 3 P10,00

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adninistration has ushered
in the Golden Er4 of fnfrastructure in the
I Philippines. This,ii an opportunity for us
to come up with a roadmap that will guide
policy makers in developing transport infrastructure
linking all areas iir-the corrntiy.?r-page rr
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 Majority Leader. ministrations, Tugade that will hclp oolic\,.rnak_
The plan to constnrct explained to lhwmakerr well-desiened infrastruc- Terrninal 2. He was not
more international air- crH idcntify
Tugade Doted various noods- ol Lhethe transoor.t ture projects. This is one plcased This contributes to
ports and rehabilitate Philippinoe to h avc wjt_ hea vy traffic ct tho
transport-related agen_ aa wett aa guid(. Lhcm in Program worthy of our negsed pasaengers NAIA, which has on t"
exrsfing ones was relaved cres and local eovern_ lmptementing all-out support,'-said Rr! errqured-howcongestion duo two runways handlin!
_- Thus sajd Leyte
rvlar:tin
Rep. by Transportation Sec an inte_
rrents have been- trvins grated, more coordinat- mualdez. bo flight delavs and can" D.'th I nternational
Homualdez vei- Arthur Tuiade in a meei- to develop iheir resnecl ed approach to establish_ All (ong.ossmen cellations," Dnil
terday as he rallied ion_ ing with Romualdez
tive transport plan; or rng stronger transport preHc l. .lurrnl.l TuAade's lawma kor said the Levte domestic fliqhts.
gTessional support for a 4! other congTessmenand prsHcntrtion agreed with Rccords from Lh.
at strategies to add_ress hof_ rntrastructure
Ju-year tran'sDort rord_ the Manila c;lf Club iare
tlenecks and imDrove to linkrocs -,_ To help decongest the DoTR show only 19 of
l.'omuuldcz's pronounce- Altnoy
map that seeks to un- Wednesday afternoon support the countfu.s Aquirlo Interna_
ment, with Albav Reo. tronat Airport (NAIA). the country's 42 airports
grade, _existing airporti, outcomes in the trans_ lncruatve glol't.th are able to receive and
Tugade said the sir- port sector. asenda. Joey Salceda committi;s Ii.omualdez said
lncrudtng the Tacloban port development Dro_ Itomualdez, the gov_ dispatch nisht flishtc-
"However, to be able and president a lawver himsclf to be an anthoi ernment must upgrade
In the t0t8 n;tionat
arrpor:t, into intemation_ gram is part of the'Ao_
to bring a rnore focDscd rppme Constitution of the phil- of the proposed transDort atl vttal airports
al lhcilities year. roadmap roadmap in the 1'8th the country across budget. the governoent
"I anl elated to hear DY the Duter.te designed or targeted intervention ciation tPhilconsal.Asso- particularlv has appropriated a tobl
adminic- that is more inclusivc nis lellow congresamen and Congress, those departing firom
that government has fi_ tration to in place an Aside from craftins ani
of P10.1 biltion to mod-
nally committed to uD_ rntegTatedset and more cn_
these various strateeies teadily expres;ed
their the 30-year transoori arnving in Manila. ernize the infra.structwes
grade Tacloban airDo;t ord_inated approach need to focus on est"ab_ with Tugade The airport upqrades. ot 40 airport€,
_
rnto an int€rnationsl ri r- bullding transport infra_io Iishing interconneetivitv agYeement roadmsp, Rom ualdez :said llomualdez including
said. must Clark International Air:
port. Upgrading our air_ structure linkages between key urba; Fnd vowed to mobilize
for the aooroval
Congreis must ensure include the wideninE
of port, which received the
ports m the paoyinces for ent[e countru in the growtb centers and hc- FuPPortof the 30-year roadmao
tundtng requirements in the breath of the run_
rnternational use will tween lagging and in the House of Repre'_ the 2020
ttre zo2o tuaget
budeet foi etl way and the uDe?ade of biggest slice ot P2.74 bn-
for a1i
surely boost local econo_ .nerp
."I am seeffig 611 y6u1 growrng regions, fast_ transport-related infra_ terminal
to en8ure that this arld sentatrves.
creating supporting insti_ structur-e projects, in_ night-night facil-it-ies for _ "If necessary, we mav
mres and eDsure eouitr- madmap will be approved
tuttons that promote sembly "I requested the as- cludine the reh;bi[i;t; capabilities.
Arrport have to double thai
ble growth amone the by Uongres6. Withor, f of congressmen authoritics
and upgrade of all vifal noted domestic amount in t}le
2020 na-
regions," said Rornuildez- legislation,. this .oadmap gleater tn tegration." sajd h€re today precisely for airports in the fliqhts de_ tional budget. This re.
who was endorsed hv wllt remarn just a pro- .
Dhat reason. We hadlv countrw_ parting Manili are qurres a multi-Dartisan
President Rodrieo Dii gram The 30-year roadmao. "Even the Preside-ni crammed durinq da\..time
need a stratetaic frame_"_ has taken notice Bupport frolrl b;th the
terte to be the "Ilouse scr8ppedthat may be '\ade based, will senie
by futuie ad_ as a strategic framework work of the due. to inabilitl of pro-
for lin-king the chaos at the Ninov Aoui, \,1ncral arrForts Senate and the House of
entrte country tbough no International -Airpbrt rlghts at night.to receive Hepresen tati ves. said
Itomualdez