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Construction of Bataan-Cavite bridge to start before 2025 ends —Marcos
The Bataan-Cavite Interlink Bridge project, envisioned to be one of the world's longest maritime bridges, is set to be bankrolled through a multi-tranche financing scheme, under which $2.1 billion will be financed by the Asian Development Bank, while $1.14 billion will be co-financed by the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank.
'Bago matapos ang taon, magsisimula na ang Bataan-Cavite Interlink Bridge. Ang tulay na ito ay tatlumpu't dalawang kilometro ang haba, at tatawid ng Manila Bay,' Marcos said in his fourth State of the Nation Address (SONA) at the Batasang Pambansa in Quezon City.
(Before the year ends, the construction of the Bataan-Cavite Interlink Bridge will begin. This 32-kilometer-long bridge will stretch across the Manila Bay.)
'Kung ang biyahe ngayon mula Mariveles hanggang Naic ay umaabot nang limang oras, balang araw ito ay magiging apatnapu't limang minuto na lamang,' the President said.
(If the current travel time from Mariveles to Naic is five hours long, it will be shortened to just 45 minutes.)
Spanning a distance of 32.15 kilometers, the project is poised to provide a strategic convergence between Regions III and IV-A, fostering greater economic growth and improved tourism.
The project will be divided into seven contract packages, with the construction to begin first in the two on-land packages.
Package 1 is the 5-kilometer Bataan Land Approach, and Package 2 is the 1.35-kilometer Cavite Land Approach.
Packages 3 and 4 are marine viaducts in the north and south with a total length of 20.65 kilometers.
Packages 5 and 6 are the North Channel and South Channel Bridges with lengths of 2.15 and 3.15 kilometers, respectively.
The seventh package involves project-wide ancillary works.
The 32.15-kilometer, four-lane inter-island bridge will connect Barangay Alas-asin in Mariveles, Bataan, and Barangay Timalan Concepcion in Naic, Cavite.
The bridge will have two navigational bridges, the 400-meter North Channel Bridge and the 900-meter South Channel Bridge, that are expected to traverse Corregidor Island. About 80% of the structure will be over the sea. —VBL, GMA Integrated News
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