Morales said the infrastructure development plan will have four major components and majority will be finished by 2019. Most of it will be built under the public-private partnership (PPP) program with Alloy MTD Philippines, Inc. (AMPI), Morales added.
The first component is the Mabalacat Bus Terminal (MBT) in Barangay Dau which will undergo a major renovation to turn it into a first-class bus terminal, the mayor said.
The new MBT will cost P500 million and will be done under the PPP program with AMPI as well as a joint venture agreement with the Castro family.
The second component is the city public market which will be reconstructed at into a four-storey building under the PPP with AMPI. To cost P200 million, it will have an underground parking.
The third component is the Mabalacat City College which ground will be raised to the level of MacArthur Highway. The city government will finance the improvement, said the mayor.
The fourth component is the Techno-Economic Hub that will be put up in a 12-hectare lot, owned by property developer Willie Tan of Hausland Development Corp., at the northeastern portion of the city in barangays Cacutud and Tabun, he said.
This is the biggest and most ambitious project worth P2.5 billion, Morales said, adding that this will give fulfillment to his dream of putting up a “Makati north of Manila” someday.
The Techo-Economic Hub will have a commercial center, transport terminal, BPO buildings, hospital, Leisure Park and other business projects.
Meanwhile, Morales said the Dau-Clark gate at the Clark-Mabalacat-Angeles Road (CMAR) will be opened soon which will lead to the newly-paved, widened and lighted Quezon Drive in Barangay Dau towards the MacArthur Highway under a tripartite agreement with the Clark Development Corp. (CDC), the city government and Barangay Dau.
The mayor said this will help ease traffic along the busy MacArthur Highway.
Morales also said the Mabiga-Clark gate at the CMAR will also be opened which will pass through Mabiga Island Resort in the said village. This will provide an alternate route to motorists in going to the Clark Freeport Zone, he said.
The San Joaquin-Clark gate and road extension at the CMAR will also be started this year, Morales said. The project is billed at P130 million which will have a bridge component and funded by the CDC.
Morales said the road interconnecting ramp from Barangay Dolores to Panday Pira Street in Clark will also be constructed as part of the city’s development plan.
With the construction of the interconnecting ramp finished, motorists will no longer have to traverse the heavily congested MacArthur Highway in the city proper and instead go directly to the CFZ.
