Monday, June 20, 2011
THE proposal to construct a “super bridge” that would link Cebu and Bohol is still being studied.
Cordova Mayor Adelino Sitoy said yesterday the proposed “Bohol-Cebu Multi-Access Friendship Bridge” is still being discussed, as a feasibility study for it is still being drafted.
The project, a brainchild of then Bohol governor and now Rep. Erico Aumentado (Bohol, second district), began its feasibility study in May 2008.
The feasibility study on the proposal was awarded to a Korean firm at $3 million.
Sitoy said since the start of the feasibility study, he has yet to follow it up with Aumentado.
Aumentado had filed a bill that requested for the proposal’s feasibility study.
Sitoy said that should the project get realized, it will not only improve transportation between Cebu and Bohol, but it will also open economic and tourism opportunities for both provinces.
He said the bridge will facilitate the flow of goods, power, water, telecommunications and other important services between the two provinces.
Rep. Gabriel Luis Quisumbing (Cebu, 6th District) said Aumentado and Rep. Arturo Radaza (Lapu-Lapu City, lone district) have invited him to co-author the bill that would request for a thorough study on the proposal.
The bridge, which will measure about 90 kilometers, will link Cebu and Bohol through the towns of Cordova (Cebu) and Getafe (Bohol). The project is expected to cost P20 billion.
The project earlier earned the support of the Regional Development Council 7.
The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) earlier endorsed it to the Economic Development Cooperation Fund.
Published in the Sun.Star Cebu newspaper on June 20, 2011.
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