The huge infrastructure can be conspicuously seen from M.A. Roxas Highway, the main avenue of this freeport.
When asked to shed light on the mysterious infrastructure on Wednesday, Clark International Airport Corp. (CIAC) officer-in-charge Alexander Cauguiran asked for an apology saying in a text message that he is presently attending a seminar in Manila and promised to provide details of the project as soon as he comes back Friday.
Earlier, Pinoy Gumising Ka Movement (PGKM) chair Ruperto Cruz showed a photo of the massive steel frame as he questioned its construction which he said lies directly in the flight path of the Clark runway.
But a CIAC official who requested anonymity for lack of authority to speak on the matter said Cruz is wrong on his assumptions because the structure has an approval from the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP).
But the officials lack the necessary details on the project other than to say that it was approved during the CIAC previous administration of president/CEO Emigdio “Dino” Tanjuatco III.
Cruz said CIAC should not have allowed the construction of the structure because it obviously restricts the space of the airport runway and especially the planned “third runway.”
Cruz even described the construction of the structure as part of the effort to sabotage Clark and not fully develop the CIA.
The PGKM, a multi-sectoral organization, has been spearheading the campaign for the full and immediate development of the CIA.
