Cebu–Bohol Bridge Explained

Cebu–Bohol Bridge
Crosses:Cebu Strait
Locale:Cebu and Bohol, Philippines
Length:25km (16miles)
Traversable:Yes
Built:TBA
Cost:₱90 billion

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.

History

Cebu-Bohol Friendship Bridge

The 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

The 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]

Notes and References

  1. News: Amojelar . Darwin G. . 2022-08-22 . Metro Pacific reviewing construction of P90-b Cordoba-Bohol Expressway . 2022-08-29 . Manila Standard . en-US.
  2. News: 2016-12-05 . Rey. Tutas. China funding eyed in Bohol-Cebu bridge . 2022-08-29 . The Bohol Chronicle . en-US.
  3. Web site: 2019-10-26 . Cebu-Bohol bridge project shelved amid infra plan revision . 2022-08-29 . The Bohol Chronicle . en-US.
  4. News: Marasigan . Lorenz S. . 2022-08-22 . MPIC weighs construction of ₧90-B Cebu-Bohol link . BusinessMirror. 2022-08-30 . en-US.
  5. Web site: Mancelita . Ram . 2022-08-29 . Soon to rise? Cebu-Bohol Expressway via CCLEX . 2022-08-29 . Sugbo.ph . en-US.