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Tuesday, June 06, 2006
Asphalt works for summit road starts this month
A P10-million road is seen to cut travel time from the Mactan airport to hotels and resorts in Mactan Island to 10 to 15 minutes, once completed in time for the Asean Summit in December.
Motorists who will use the road, however, will have to contend with tight security, said General manager Adelberto F. Yap of the Mactan Cebu International Airport Authority (MCIAA).
“We have a security plan to be implemented once this new road will be opened to the public, such as strict screening of vehicles and its passengers, and requiring vehicle pass and passenger ID,” Yap said.
Yap said the road, which will link Mactan airport and Barangay Ibo, Lapu-Lapu City, will be asphalted starting this month.
With the new road, delegates of the Association of South East Asian Nations (Asean) won’t have to pass through traffic prone areas at the Mactan Economic Zone (MEZ).
After summit
The road will pass the vicinity of the office of the Bureau of Customs (BOC) Port of Mactan and some MEZ firms in the Ibo area.
Yap said that after the summit, the road will be used for foreign dignitaries, VIPs in government offices and private corporations, and during emergency situations.
Aside from the airport-Ibo road, the MCIAA is also asphalting the expanded airport ramp for P7 million. This will be used as parking area of the aircrafts of the ministers during the summit, which starts on Dec. 11.
Expected to attend the Asean Summit are about 19 heads of state, including those from the observer countries like Japan, United States, China, Russia, Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, New Zealand and Germany.
Aircraft
He expects that all of them will bring one or two aircraft that will stay at the Mactan airport during the entire summit. Without the expanded ramp, airport operations will be affected.
Yap is taking charge of the recommendations and implementation of the P600-million worth of projects in preparation for the Asean Summit.
Last month, President Arroyo approved Yap’s request to build a VIP Lounge at the Mactan Benito Ebuen Air Base for P105 million, which will serve as receiving area for heads of state and government.
Yap will construct a road from the future VIP Lounge to connect the airport-Ibo road passing the gate of the Air Transportation Office. (EOB)
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