The Cebu–Bohol Bridge is a proposed bridge which will connect the island provinces of

Cebu Cebu (; ceb, Sugbo), officially the Province of Cebu ( ceb, Lalawigan sa Sugbo; tl, Lalawigan ng Cebu; hil, Kapuroan sang Sugbo), is a province of the Philippines located in the Central Visayas region, and consists of a main island and ...

and

Bohol Bohol (), officially the Province of Bohol ( ceb, Lalawigan sa Bohol; tl, Lalawigan ng Bohol), is an island province of the Philippines located in the Central Visayas region, consisting of the island itself and 75 minor surrounding islands. It ...

in the

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. The construction cost is estimated to be around ₱90 billion.

History

Cebu-Bohol Friendship Bridge

The bridge was proposed back in mid-2016. It is one of the listed projects in Duterte's ''

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'' and, later,

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' ''Build Better More'' infrastructure programs. The

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(NEDA) made a proposal to connect the two provinces from Cebu City to Jetafe. The project cost was studied to be around nearly ₱58 billion. The construction was planned to start in 2020. Then after, Director-General

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, claimed the project to be "impossible" due to technological limitations or "very costly", causing the project to be shelved.

Planning

The bridge would then be planned by Cebu Governor

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. Garcia would ask Metro Pacific Tollways Corporation (MPTC) Chairman

Manuel Pangilinan Manuel Velez Pangilinan, (born July 14, 1946), also known by his initials MVP, is a Filipino people, Filipino businessman and sports patron. He is the managing director and CEO of First Pacific, First Pacific Company Limited, a Hong Kong-base ...

, to inspect the possibility of building a bridge that will connect Cordova and Bohol. Pangilinan hinted the project cost to be around 90 billion pesos and they would have to find a way to finance the project in order to make it viable and could be raised for the feasibility study. The development would later be announced by Cebu-Cordova Link Expressway Corporation (CCLEC) President Allan Alfon.

References

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