2015年1月16日

Philippines' first subway gets OK from NEDA-ICC
菲律賓第一條地下鐵已取得NEDA的核准

ABS-CBN News  Posted at Jan 15 2015 09:27 AM 

地下鐵是目前金額最大的PPP項目
MANILA-和其他五項PPP(私人公共合作計畫)已取得NEDA的核准, 預期將順利獲得艾奎諾總總的最後批准.

Philippines' first subway第一條地下鐵


NEDA副總裁Ronaldo Tungpalan說,這些計畫附帶某些條件下已被核准,會在二月初由總裁主持的NEDA理事會中提出。
這六項工程計畫為:
1. 從BGC經Makati到Mall of Asia的地下鐵
2. Manila-Legazpi-Calamba的鐵路
3. Tarlac-Pangasinan-La Union (TPLEX)的快速道路
4. 機動車檢查計畫
5. 消防局計畫
6. 市民戶籍登記計畫
其中從BGC經Makati到Mall of Asia的計畫金額為37.4億披索,是政府最大的一個PPP計畫。
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馬尼拉第一條地下鐵
馬尼拉第一條地下鐵將從BGC的Market Market經聖路克醫院,再經EDSA在Buendia和Ayala的捷運站,到Ayala Triangle站, Makati郵局站,Buendia上的PNR站,Buendia和Taft 上的LRT-1輕軌站,然後經過Roxas大道,到世界貿日心和Mall of Asia,再回到Taft上的EDSA捷運站。
這僅僅12公里的預算為37億披索,是政府PPP最大金額的工程計畫。
地下鐵的預算遠遠高於高架鐵路,每公里最少雙倍的成本,但政府認為對於經過的路線,地下鐵是唯一的選擇。

Subway is the most expensive PPP project so far

MANILA – Manila's first subway, along with five other public private partnership projects, has been approved by the Cabinet level NEDA-Investment Coordinating Committee, paving the way for final approval by President Benigno Aquino.
NEDA deputy-director general Ronaldo Tungpalan said the projects were approved with some conditions but should be presented to the NEDA Board, which is chaired by the President, by early February.
The 6 projects approved by NEDA-ICC are:
1. Fort Bonifacio-Makati-SM Moa subway
2. Manila-Legazpi-Calamba railway
3. Tarlac-Pangasinan-La Union expressway (TPLEX)
4. Motor Vehicle Inspection project
5. Bureau of Fire project
6. Civil Registry project
The subway from Fort Bonifacio to Makati to SM Mall of Asia is the government's biggest PPP project at P374 billion.

Tungpalan said the subway will be a build-transfer-operate (BTO) project, rather than the usual build-operate-transfer (BOT).

This means the concessionaire will transfer ownership to the government before the 31-year concession agreement is over. This will allow the concessionaire to secure shorter, cheaper funding, helping government draw more bidders.
Manila's first subway

Manila's first subway will run from Market Market and St. Luke's hospital in The Fort, to the EDSA-MRT stations on Buendia and Ayala, to Ayala Triangle, the Makati post office and the PNR station on Buendia, then to the LRT-1 station on Buendia and Taft, then across Roxas Boulevard to the World Trade Center and SM Mall of Asia, then back to the EDSA-MRT station on Taft.
The estimated cost for a mere 12 kilometers is P370 billion—the government's most expensive PPP project.

Subways are more expensive than elevated rails—at least double the price per kilometer, but government says there was no choice given the areas where the line is passing.

These areas include EDSA, from Buendia to Ayala, which already has flyovers and the MRT.
But it also includes parts of The Fort and Makati Central Business District, where influential property owners and developers may appreciate a hidden underground line rather than an above-ground eyesore.

Most of Ayala Avenue, the street, is actually owned by Ayala Land.
The government has come under some criticism for allegedly favoring the Ayala group with alleged changes in its Daang Hari PPP, and the alleged moving of the MRT-LRT common station to Ayala's Trinoma mall.

Government and Ayala have denied these allegations.
On Wednesday, Ayala Land President Bobby Dy said there was no favor in this case either and that discussions regarding Ayala Avenue didn't get far before government decided on another route.