DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 24 July) – President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. highlighted the Samal Island-Davao City Connector (SIDC) project as among the flagship infrastructure development ventures of his administration that will bring economic prosperity […]
Vice President Sara Duterte speaks to President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. during the groundbreaking ceremony for the Samal Island – Davao City Connector project in Davao City on 27 October 2022. MindaNews photo by MANMAN DEJETO
Marcos said that under his administration’s “Mega-Bridge Program,” more infrastructure projects would be constructed to expedite the development of the economy. Marcos added that the road network plans “must link not only our three major islands, but all prospective sites of economic development.” Marcos said infrastructure spending will stay at five to six percent of the country’s gross development product.
Davao-based environmental groups earlier called on the President to realign the SIDC project because the current design would endanger the “Paradise Reef,” a 7,500-square meter contiguous reef regarded by marine experts as a “hidden treasure” and an “important gene bank of marine creatures.”
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