The Cebu–Bohol Bridge is a proposed bridge which will connect the island provinces of Cebu and Bohol in the Philippines.[1] The construction cost is estimated to be around ₱90 billion.
Cebu–Bohol Bridge | |
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| Coordinates | 10°09′N 124°05′E / 10.15°N 124.08°E |
| Crosses | Cebu Strait |
| Locale | Cebu and Bohol, Philippines |
| Characteristics | |
| Total length | 25 km (82,000 ft) |
| Traversable? | Yes |
| History | |
| Built | TBA |
| Construction cost | ₱90 billion |
| Location | |
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History
editCebu-Bohol Friendship Bridge
editThe bridge was proposed back in mid-2016. It is one of the listed projects in Duterte's Build! Build! Build! and, later, Bongbong Marcos' Build Better More infrastructure programs. The National Economic Development Authority (NEDA) made a proposal to connect the two provinces from Cebu City to Jetafe. The project cost was studied to be around nearly ₱58 billion.[2] The construction was planned to start in 2020. Then after, Director-General Ernesto Pernia, claimed the project to be "impossible" due to technological limitations or "very costly", causing the project to be shelved.[3]
Planning
editThe bridge would then be planned by Cebu Governor Gwendolyn Garcia. Garcia would ask Metro Pacific Tollways Corporation (MPTC) Chairman Manuel Pangilinan, to inspect the possibility of building a bridge that will connect Cordova and Bohol. Pangilinan hinted the project cost to be around 90 billion pesos and they would have to find a way to finance the project in order to make it viable and could be raised for the feasibility study.[4] The development would later be announced by Cebu-Cordova Link Expressway Corporation (CCLEC) President Allan Alfon.[5]
References
edit- ^ Amojelar, Darwin G. (August 22, 2022). "Metro Pacific reviewing construction of P90-b Cordoba-Bohol Expressway". Manila Standard. Retrieved August 29, 2022.
- ^ Tutas, Rey (December 5, 2016). "China funding eyed in Bohol-Cebu bridge". The Bohol Chronicle. Retrieved August 29, 2022.
- ^ "Cebu-Bohol bridge project shelved amid infra plan revision". The Bohol Chronicle. October 26, 2019. Retrieved August 29, 2022.
- ^ Marasigan, Lorenz S. (August 22, 2022). "MPIC weighs construction of ₧90-B Cebu-Bohol link". BusinessMirror. Retrieved August 30, 2022.
- ^ Mancelita, Ram (August 29, 2022). "Soon to rise? Cebu-Bohol Expressway via CCLEX". Sugbo.ph. Retrieved August 29, 2022.
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