FEASIBILITY STUDY AND IMPLEMENTATION SUPPORT ON THE CAVITE-LAGUNA EAST-WEST NATIONAL ROAD PROJECT FINAL REPORT TABLE OF CONTENTS EXECUTIVE SUMMARY MAIN TEXT 1. INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background.........................................................................................1-1 1.2 Study Objectives .................................................................................1-2 1.3 Study Area..........................................................................................1-2 1.4 Major Meetings / Consultations / Workshops Held ..............................1-3 1.5 Composition of the Study Organization ...............................................1-9 1.6 Members of the Study Organization ....................................................1-9 2. EXISTING CONDITIONS AND PROBLEMS IN THE STUDY AREA 2.1 Administrative Set Up..........................................................................2-1 2.1.1 Province of Cavite ...................................................................2-2 2.1.2 Province of Laguna..................................................................2-3 2.1.3 Cities of Las Piñas and Muntinlupa..........................................2-5 2.2 Natural Condition................................................................................2-7 2.2.1 Meteorology.............................................................................2-7 2.2.2 Topography and Hydrology......................................................2-8 2.2.3 Soil and Geology .....................................................................2-13 2.2.4 Flora and Fauna ......................................................................2-15 2.2.5 Air Quality, Noise Level and Water Quality ..............................2-20 2.3 Socio-economic Profile........................................................................2-24 2.3.1 Population...............................................................................2-24 2.3.2 Employment............................................................................2-28 2.3.3 Enrollment ..............................................................................2-30 2.3.4 Economic and Industrial Characteristics .................................2-32 2.3.5 Poverty ...................................................................................2-36 2.4 Transportation.....................................................................................2-41 2.4.1 Transport Network and Facilities .............................................2-41 2.4.2 Road Traffic ............................................................................2-45 2.4.3 Public Transport System in the Study Area..............................2-53 2.4.4 Traffic Management ................................................................2-61 2.5 Land Use ............................................................................................2-71 2.5.1 Land Resource .......................................................................2-71 2.5.2 Existing Land Use ...................................................................2-73 2.5.3 Status of Residential Areas .....................................................2-74 3. EXISTING PLANS, POLICIES AND PROJECTS 3.1 Existing Plans .....................................................................................3-1 3.1.1 Medium-Term Philippine Development Plan (2004-2010) ........ 3-1 3.1.2 DPWH Medium Term Public Investment Program: Region IV (2005-2010) ............................................................3-5 3.1.3 Southern Tagalog Regional Development Plan ....................... 3-7 3.1.4 Provincial Physical Framework Plans ...................................... 3-8 3.2 Preferred Transport Policies and Strategies ........................................ 3-12 3.2.1 Short-term Policy ..................................................................... 3-13 3.2.2 Medium and Long Term Policies ............................................. 3-13 3.3 Ongoing, Committed, and Proposed Transport Projects ...................... 3-17 3.3.1 Ongoing Transport Projects .....................................................3-17 3.3.2 Committed Projects .................................................................3-18 3.3.3 Proposed Transport Projects ...................................................3-20 4. DEVELOPMENT TREND AND ALTERNATIVE DEVELOPMENT SCENARIOS 4.1 Development Trends ...........................................................................4-1 4.2 Alternative Development Scenarios ..................................................... 4-1 4.3 Socio Economic Development Framework of Scenario 1, 2 and 3 ...... 4-6 4.3.1 Population ...............................................................................4-6 4.3.2 Employment ............................................................................4-9 4.3.3 Enrollment ...............................................................................4-15 4.3.4 Car Ownership .........................................................................4-23 4.4 Integration and Harmonization of the Three Scenarios ........................ 4-26 4.4.1 Advantages and Disadvantages of the Three Scenarios .......... 4-26 4.4.2 Regional Development Vision .................................................. 4-29 4.4.3 Socio-Economic Development Framework of the Integrated Development Scenario (Case 4)............................................... 4-33 4.5 Alternatives for Regional Transport Network ....................................... 4-39 4.5.1 Existing Network Zero-option (Alternative 0) ............................ 4-39 4.5.2 Arterial Grid-Pattern Economic Road Structures and Balanced Development (Alternative 1) .................................................... 4-39 4.5.3 Metro Manila-Laguna Transport Corridor Enhancement (Two North-South Axis) (Alternative 2) .................................... 4-39 4.5.4 East-West and North-South Axis Scenario (Strategic Industrialization and Urbanization in the Region) (Alternative 3) .......................................................................... 4-40 5. TRANSPORT DEMAND FORECAST AND REGIONAL TRANSPORT NETWORK ALTERNATIVES 5.1 Transport Demand Forecast ................................................................ 5-1 5.1.1 Background .............................................................................5-1 5.1.2 Present Traffic Demand ...........................................................5-6 5.1.3 Forecast of Future Traffic Demand .......................................... 5-13 5.1.4 Result of Traffic Assignment on Future Network Alternatives ... 5-14 5.2 Environmental and Social Concerns .................................................... 5-15 5.2.1 Natural Environmental Concerns ............................................. 5-15 5.2.2 Social Concerns ......................................................................5-16 5.3 Economic Evaluation of Network Alternatives ..................................... 5-17 5.3.1 Quantitative Evaluation ............................................................5-17 5.3.2 Qualitative Evaluation ..............................................................5-19 5.4 Integrated Evaluation of Regional Transport Network Alternatives ...... 5-20 6. SELECTION OF PRIORITY PROJECTS FOR FS 6.1 Project Components of Selected Road Network .................................. 6-1 6.2 Selection of the Target Roads ............................................................. 6-2 6.2.1 Methodology............................................................................. 6-2 6.2.2 Result of Economic Evaluation ................................................ 6-3 6.2.3 The Target Roads ....................................................................6-4 6.3 Alignment Considerations ...................................................................6-6 6.3.1 Alignment Alternatives .............................................................. 6-6 6.3.2 Establishment of Evaluation Criteria ........................................ 6-8 6.3.3 Evaluation of Alternative Alignments during the 4th Stakeholders’ Meeting .............................................................6-10 6.4 Selected Project Package ................................................................... 6-13 6.4.1 Project Package Alternatives .................................................... 6-13 6.4.2 Do-ability of Selected Target Roads ......................................... 6-16 6.4.3 Selected Project Package for FS ............................................. 6-16 7. ENGINEERING STUDIES 7.1 Introduction .........................................................................................7-1 7.2 Natural Condition Surveys ................................................................... 7-1 7.2.1 Geotechnical Investigation .......................................................7-1 7.2.2 Aerial Photography Survey ...................................................... 7-7 7.2.3 Topographic Survey and Mapping ........................................... 7-8 7.2.4 Hydrologic and Hydraulic Studies ............................................ 7-9 7.3 Proposed Geometric Design Criteria for Project Roads ....................... 7-24 7.4 Proposed Typical Cross Section ......................................................... 7-25 7.5 Issues in Engineering Studies ............................................................. 7-27 7.5.1 Flyovers and Intersections ......................................................