The National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) said on Monday the multi-billion projects endorsed by the committee last month is from the long list of more than 2,000 priority program and projects identified by different sectors.
“These mainly consist of infrastructure projects seen to address
perennial problems in the region, such as flooding and inadequate water
supply,” said NEDA Eastern Visayas Regional Director Bonifacio Uy, vice chair
of the RDC, the region’s highest policy-making body.
Major projects endorsed include the feasibility study and master
plan, and construction of a flood control system of Tacloban City; feasibility
study for Leyte’s Binahaan River flood control; storm surge protection: road
heightening and tide embankment for Tacloban-Palo-Tanauan in Leyte,
Luzon-Samar, Leyte-Surigao, Bohol-Leyte inter-island link bridges; and
feasibility study on the proposed Janbatas bridge (the second San Juanico
Bridge).
Other projects are convergence and special support roads program;
Daram Circumferential Road with Bridge and Daram-Talalora Bridge in Samar;
Priority airport development projects in the region; Eastern Visayas Regional
Medical Center (EVRMC) extension in Villaba, Leyte; Leyte Ecological Industrial
Zone; Eastern Visayas Yolanda Remembrance and Learning Center; Comprehensive
master plan for Ormoc City waterworks system; and Payapa at Masaganang
Pamayanan, infrastructure program for conflict-stricken communities.
Uy said in a mobile phone interview that the endorsement by lawmakers
from the six provinces will help ensure the prioritization of project for
funding by concerned central offices of national government agencies.
“We really need these priority programs and projects considering
that these are aligned with the priority thrusts espoused under the Philippine
Development Plan 2017-2022 and the Eastern Visayas Regional Development Plan
2017-2022, both anchored on the 0 to 10 Point Socioeconomic Agenda of the
Duterte administration,” Uy said.
The RDC’s advisory committee is composed of members of the House
of Representatives, key council officials, and private sector representatives.
The committee is tasked to advice, assist and support the council
in discharging its functions. The creation of the committee is provided under
Executive Order No. 325, issued 1996, entitled "Reorganization of Regional
Development Councils."
Eastern Visayas or Region 8 is the third poorest among 18 regions
in the country. As of 2015, the region’s poverty incidence among families is
pegged at 30.7 percent, which means that three out of every 10 families in the
region are poor.
However, in 2016, its Gross Regional Domestic Product grew by 12.4
percent, the fastest growing region in the country, offsetting economic losses
incurred from super typhoon Yolanda in 2013.
For 2018 to 2022, the average target economic growth is 5.8
percent to 7 percent. (SQM/PNA)
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