BCDA Builds New Clark Metropolis
By JAMES A. LOYOLA
November 14, 2012, 5:11pm
The Bases Conversion and Development Authority is planning to develop a new metropolis on over 30,000 hectares of land near Clark Freeport and intends to bid out the first phase of the development next year.
During the Asia Pacific Real Estate Investment Summit Philippines, BCDA president Arnel Casanova said the project will be built in phases over a span of 50 years.
Casanova said they are now bidding out the contract for the masterplanning of the property which will stretch from Porac, Pampanga to Capas, Tarlac.
He said the masterplan should be completed by the first quarter next year and then they will bid out the mixed-use development of about 100 to 200 hectares comprising the first phase of the project.
Casanova said the current Clark development covers only about 4,000 hectares of the 35,000 hectare property under the BCDA. This includes about 20,000 hectares in the Crow Valley.
He said the plan is to build a green and intelligent city minus the usual problems hounding Metro Manila. “It will have an ICT (information-communication technology) component so it will be a smart city,” Casanova said.
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