Note: This RDP 2017-2022 Midterm Update Chapter is still preliminary and subject to further review and RDC approval. This draft is NOT official and no part of this document may be cited or quoted. This is being circulated for public consultation purposes. 1 1 Note: This RDP 2017-2022 Midterm Update Chapter is still preliminary and subject to further review and RDC approval. This draft is NOT official and no part of this document may be cited or quoted. This is being circulated for public consultation purposes. 2 2 Note: This RDP 2017-2022 Midterm Update Chapter is still preliminary and subject to further review and RDC approval. This draft is NOT official and no part of this document may be cited or quoted. This is being circulated for public consultation purposes. 3 Chapter 19 4 5 Accelerating Infrastructure 6 Development 7 8 In order to achieve the national goal of inclusive growth, accelerated and strategic infrastructure 9 development will be pursued. The Region will implement infrastructure projects in transportation, 10 flood control, water resources, power and energy, social welfare, and information and communication 11 technology. These infrastructures aim to support economic development, safe environment, and 12 mobility of people, goods and services. 13 14 Assessment and Challenges 15 16 Land Transport 17 18 Roads and Bridges 19 20 The national road in CALABARZON increased by 25.2 kilometers from 2016 to 2018. As of June 2018, 21 the total national road length in the region is 2,542.32 kilometers. The increase in road length was 22 attributed to the newly completed and converted national roads. Quezon has the longest length of 23 national roads constructed as it has the biggest land area. No new additional road was constructed in 24 2017 because DPWH focused on its road widening projects. 25 26 As of 2018, a total of 52.77 kilometers of road are undergoing road conversion based from the online 27 2018 DPWH Atlas. The completed roads awaiting conversion are the Tiaong Bypass Road and 28 Candelaria Bypass Road in Quezon. Ongoing bypass and diversion roads that are being constructed 29 are the Lipa City-Padre Garcia Diversion Road, Batangas City-San Pascual-Bauan Bypass Road, Sta. 30 Rosa Tagaytay-Ulat Bypass Road, Alaminos-San Pablo City Bypass Road, Sariaya Bypass Road among 31 others. These projects are expected to decongest the existing roads and improve interconnectivity in 32 the region. A map of the existing national road network is shown in Figure 19.1. 33 34 Existing national roads in priority corridors were continuously widened in order to increase vehicle 35 capacity and decongest the urban centers. From 2016 to 2018, a total of 47.88 kilometers of priority 36 national roads were widened. But in spite of these improvements, increased vehicle capacity has yet to 37 be realized due to obstructions along the RROW. Only 50.48 percent of the national roads are in good 38 condition as of 2018 (Table 19.2). The targets for national roads in good condition for 2017 and 2018 3 Note: This RDP 2017-2022 Midterm Update Chapter is still preliminary and subject to further review and RDC approval. This draft is NOT official and no part of this document may be cited or quoted. This is being circulated for public consultation purposes. 39 were not met as the budgets for some road rehabilitation projects was not included in the GAA 40 of 2018. 41 Another issue observed in the Region is the lack of a road plan for congressional districts making 42 prioritization of budgets more difficult. 43 44 Table 19.1 National Road Length Increased, By Province, Calabarzon, 2018 PROVINCE 2016 TOTAL LENGTH (KM) 2018 TOTAL LENGTH (KM) INCREASE Cavite 438.84 438.84 - Laguna 349.49 349.49 - Batangas 536.39 555.48 - Rizal 232.57 232.49 - Quezon 941.00 966.02 25.2 Calabarzon 2,517.30 2,542.32 25.2 45 Source: DPWH IV-A 46 47 Table 19.2 National Road Condition, Calabarzon, 2018 CONDITION LENGTH (IN KM) Good 1,283.42 km (50.48%) Fair 632.73 km (24.89%) Poor 209.46 km (8.24%) Bad 74.72 km (2.94%) No assessment 342.00 km (13.45%) 48 Source: DPWH IV-A 49 50 Figure 19.1 Calabarzon National Road Network 2017 51 52 Source: DPWH 53 4 Note: This RDP 2017-2022 Midterm Update Chapter is still preliminary and subject to further review and RDC approval. This draft is NOT official and no part of this document may be cited or quoted. This is being circulated for public consultation purposes. 54 The length of permanent bridges increased from 18,547 linear meters in 2016 to 18,575.17 l.m. in 2018, 55 while the number of permanent bridges in Calabarzon decreased to 651 in 2018 from 654 in 2017 due 56 to the undergoing rehabilitation of these bridges. 57 58 Expressway 59 60 The total length of expressways or toll roads in the Region is 105.87 kilometers (Table 19.3). The 61 South Luzon Expressway (SLEX) in Metro Manila extends to Calamba City (Toll Road 2) and Sto. 62 Tomas Batangas (Toll Road 3). The Southern Tagalog Arterial Road or STAR Tollway also connects 63 the SLEX in Sto. Tomas, Batangas. The north bound section of the STAR Tollway was completed in 64 May 2015, eight years after the south bound section from Lipa City to Batangas City was opened to 65 traffic in 2007. The Manila-Cavite Expressway or Cavitex and the Muntinlupa-Cavite Expressway 66 (MCX) connect Metro Manila to Cavite. The Cavitex and MCX were opened to traffic in April 2011 67 and July 2015, respectively. 68 69 There are two ongoing expressway projects in the region the SLEX Toll Road 4 (TR4) and the Cavite- 70 Laguna Expressway (CALAEX). The SLEX TR4, a four-lane 66.74 kilometers toll road from Sto. Tomas 71 City, Batangas to Mayao, Lucena City, will reduce travel time from 4 hours to 1 hour. That will allow 72 faster travel from Laguna, Batangas and Quezon Provinces, and Bicol Region. On the other hand, the 73 CALAEX is a 4-lane 45.29 kilometers closed-system toll expressway connecting Cavite Expressway 74 (CAVITEX) and SLEX. The project will start from the CAVITEX in Kawit, Cavite and end at the 75 SLEX-Mamplasan interchange in Biñan, Laguna. Both projects are expected to be completed by 2022. 76 77 Both projects are part of the Duterte 78 The Plan envisions a 1,000 km series of expressways connecting the North and South Luzon Provinces. 79 80 Table 19.3 Length of Existing Expressways, Calabarzon, 2016 EXPRESSWAY LENGTH (KILOMETERS) Southern Tagalog Arterial Road 42.00 SLEX Toll Road 2 27.29* SLEX Toll Road 3 7.60 Manila-Cavite Expressway/Cavitex 24.98 Muntinlupa-Cavite Expressway 4.00* 81 *including sections in Metro Manila 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 5 Note: This RDP 2017-2022 Midterm Update Chapter is still preliminary and subject to further review and RDC approval. This draft is NOT official and no part of this document may be cited or quoted. This is being circulated for public consultation purposes. 94 Figure 19.2 Map of Existing and Proposed Calabarzon Expressways 95 96 Source: TRB 97 98 Railway 99 100 The Philippine National Railways (PNR) used to operate a commuter line from Tutuban, Manila to 101 Calamba City and long-haul to Quezon and up to the Bicol Region. The long-haul from Manila to 102 Bicol resumed operation in 2010 after a long time of suspension. However, the operation was again 103 stopped in 2012 due to a damaged bridge in Sariaya, Quezon in 2012. The DOTr is currently 104 preparing a feasibility study for the PNR South Long Haul Project which will be a 592-km railway from 105 Sucat, Parañaque City to Legazpi to Matnog, Sorsogon with a Batangas branch line from Calamba 106 Station going to Batangas Port. For the ongoing project, Figure 19.6 shows the existing railway network 107 and proposed spur line. The DOTr is currently implementing the North South Commuter Railway 108 Project which is a 147 kilometer elevated railway that will run from New Clark City in Capas, Tarlac to 109 Calamba, Laguna, with a total of 36 stations. The construction of the Calabarzon component is 110 expected to start in 2019. 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 6 120 Figure 19.3 Map of PNR Railway Network 121 122 123 Source: DOTr 124 125 The following are the major challenges in land transportation: 126 127 Traffic congestions along major roads. Road in the cities and urban areas of CALABARZON have 128 exceeded their volume capacities, thus, creating traffic congestions. Mass transportation facilities that 129 can help ease traffic congestion such as the Light Rail Transit Extension in Cavite and PNR South, and 130 the bypass roads in every province are yet to be completed. 131 132 Obstructions on Road Widening Projects. The posts located within the road-right-of-way are traffic 133 hazards and cause delay in road widening projects. Coordination meetings with the DPWH and 134 concerned stakeholders are being undertaken to resolve the issue. Problems on road right-of-way 135 acquisition remained as one of the reasons in project delay. 136 137 Deterioration of road condition (see Table 19.2). Among the causes of road deterioration are water 138 seeping in road pavements and over loading of trucks. Load limits are not monitored due to the non- 139 operation of the weighing station in Turbina, Calamba City.