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Tugade threatens to impose deadline on Sangley offer

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Transportation Secretary Arthur Tugade on Thursday warned that he will impose a deadline on the proposal of the Cavite provincial government to develop an international airport in Sangley Point, Cavite.

“Ultimately, there would be a deadline imposed. I don’t want them to leave their offer hanging. If it is left hanging, when would we start the project?” Tugade said when asked about the long-delayed proposal of the Cavite government.

“I’m talking to them. I will put a deadline. I’m thinking mid of the year or after that. There should be some deadline,” he said.

The National Economic and Development Authority in January returned the unsolicited proposal of the Cavite provincial government to build a new international airport over the alleged unclear implementing arrangement for the project.

The Cavite provincial government submitted to Neda the full feasibility study for the project on Dec. 17, 2018. Sangley International Airport is expected to cost more than P500 billion.

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Tugade earlier said the national government would not help the Cavite local government in funding the project.

Sangley Airport Infrastructure Group Inc., a consortium led by Solar Group’s All-Asia Resources and Reclamation Corp., earlier submitted a separate unsolicited proposal to build the Philippine Sangley International Airport for $12 billion.

Another crucial portion of the ARRC development plan is the rehabilitation of Danilo Atienza Air Base which will be later used as a general aviation airport to decongest Ninoy Aquino International Airport terminals during the project development phase.

ARRC proposed a concession period of 50 years for the Sangley International Airport.

Under the proposal, the project will start with the reclamation of about 2,500 hectares of land north of the Sangley peninsula which will be used for the development of the airport infrastructure and a commercial establishment to complement the project.

Sangley airport would be designed with two parallel runways and sufficient airside and terminal capacity to accommodate future demand for the domestic and the international traffic, not only for the Philippines but also for Southeast Asia.

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