Bohol-Cebu multi-access friendship bridge

[rockrhyan1982]

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TAGBILARAN CITY, Bohol - The proposed construction of the 90-kilometer Cebu-Bohol Friendship Bridge is “on track,” with a foreign agency pledging to release funds for its feasibility study, an official said.

Bohol Gov. Erico Aumentado announced yesterday that the Economic Development Cooperation Fund (EDCF) of Korea has pledged about $3 million as a grant for the feasibility study.

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“I am happy to report to the RDC that one of our mega-projects, the Bohol-Cebu Multi-Access Friendship Bridge, now has the support of EDCF,” Aumentado told the Regional Development Council (RDC) 7 during their full council meeting here.

Request for funding

The RDC in Central Visayas asked the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) to endorse to the Korean government their request for funding assistance for the feasibility study on the proposed bridge, the first between Cebu and Bohol.

Aumentado said he will meet with the Korean ambassador on July 28 to “thresh out the mechanics of the project.”

Garcia congratulated Aumentado for the development.

In an interview with reporters, Aumentado confirmed endorsements from various agencies are required for the funding to be released.

The proposed bridge project will have to be endorsed by DPWH, the Neda Investment Coordination Committee technical board, Neda board and the foreign affairs secretary.

Aumentado said it is the foreign affairs secretary who will then endorse the request for funding to the Korean government.

The Bohol governor believes the bridge project will improve commerce, technology sharing and the exchange of power and water between Bohol and Cebu.

Conceived in 2006

Aumentado said the project was conceptualized in 2006 yet. But due to the lack of funds, the feasibility study was not started.

The 90-kilometer bridge’s construction is expected to cost at least P20 billion.

“Funding for the actual project implementation is not a problem.

Cebu-Bohol bridge on track; $3M to fund study

We can have it through BOT (build-operate-transfer) or a loan. But I prefer it done through a BOT,” Aumentado said.

Once the bridge is up, Aumentado said it will be easier to bring water from Bohol to Cebu, in contrast to earlier proposals to use submarine pipes.

Bohol, in turn, can also take advantage of the bridge to tap Cebu’s excess power, he said.

The operation of the Kepco and Global Power plants in 2011 is expected to generate an additional 200 megawatts for Cebu.

‘Follow the process’

Aumentado said that when he attended the recent Asean South Korea summit with President Arroyo, a Korean embassy official informed him that his government was “willing to give due course” to the request for $3 million for a feasibility study on the proposed bridge, “provided that we follow the process.”

[Verst Eltone]

Dugaya na nako sige hulat ani oi, mahinayon na jud diay ni hehe...
Good news!!!

[ramiscar]

asa mani dapit ibutang pud?? sa cordova??

[c-let.com]

ari lng nah palabnga sa consolacion ui,.hihi asa ang nah cOnnect ang bridge?

[rockrhyan1982]

i heard argao-loon is the shortest way to put bridge..pero layua sad sa argao from the city oi.

[jOmorzz]

mayta clarin-cordova nalang para asenso sad gamay amoa lungsod sa clarin

[salot]

is this true? when man mag start ang project? and how many years this project will take?

[giddyboy]

i heard argao-loon is the shortest way to put bridge..pero layua sad sa argao from the city oi.

well, if that's the case, naa napud buses (or perhaps even V-Hires) mo ply from South terminal to Bohol or from Car-Car to Bohol and vice versa. i think it will take around a bit more than 1 hr lng from cebu city to argao via SRP. then if we consider the 90-km bridge length and non-stop, it could take another 1 hr.

at least in the future, when somebody asks, "asa mo mag outing bai sa imong pamily?", you can then answer, "sa Panglao, Bohol bai, overnight. then Chocolate hills, then ig ka hapon balik na Cebu. ganahan ka ug kalamay?"..hehe

[raulaisleen]

pila kaha katuig mahuman. Maayo ning balita

[giddyboy]

is this true? when man mag start ang project? and how many years this project will take?

assuming it will be a cable-stayed bridge, 4-lanes:
feasibility study = 1 year or less
actual construction to finish = 5-10 years

THE MANDAUE-MACTAN BRIDGE (the Old Bridge) was constructed during the term of the late President Ferdinand Marcos. The construction begun in 1970, a year after the declaration of Mandaue as a chartered city, and finished in 1972. That's 2 years time. It is 846 meters long and 9 meters wide and was designed and created wholly by Filipino engineers.

the Marcelo Fernan bridge spans a length of 1.24km, a mega bridge connecting the islands of Cebu and Mactan, is listed as "The World's Longest Center Span Extra Dosed Cable Stayed Bridge" in the Guinness Book of World Records. The bridge was inaugurated on August 3, 1999. I just don't know how long it took the bridge to finish. perhaps 2 yrs?

The San Juanico bridge in Leyte, a compression arch bridge, is the longest bridge in the Phils spanning a body of water with a length of 2.2 kms. It was finished in 4 yrs time during the term of the late President Marcos.

Hangzhou Bay Bridge, is a bridge with cable-stayed bridge portion across Hangzhou Bay off the eastern coast of China. Construction of this bridge started on June 8, 2003 and was opened to the public on May 1, 2008. That's 5 yrs time. The bridge itself is 35.673 kms long with 6 expressway lanes in two directions.

ALL OF THIS IS JUST FOR TECHNICAL COMPARISON. Because of new technology nowadays, maybe making a bridge from Cebu to Bohol and as long as 90 kms will only take less than 8 yrs to finish. it also depends on the bridge design, sufficiency of funds, logistics like manpower and equipment, and road right-of-way acquisition.