Pasay Harbor City is a
reclaimed area on
Manila Bay
Manila Bay (; ) is a natural harbor that serves the Port of Manila (on Luzon), in the Philippines. Strategically located around the Manila, capital city of the Philippines, Manila Bay facilitated commerce and trade between the Philippines and ...
. It is under the jurisdiction of
Pasay
Pasay, officially the City of Pasay (; ), is a Cities of the Philippines#Legal classification, highly urbanized city in the Metro Manila, National Capital Region of the Philippines. According to the 2020 Philippine census, 2020 census, it has a ...
,
Philippines
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.
Background
The Pasay City Government entered into a contractual Joint Venture Agreement (JWA) with Pasay Harbor City Corporation (PHCC), a special purpose corporation that will engage in a
land reclamation
Land reclamation, often known as reclamation, and also known as land fill (not to be confused with a waste landfill), is the process of creating new Terrestrial ecoregion, land from oceans, list of seas, seas, Stream bed, riverbeds or lake ...
on the municipal waters of the city.
It was approved by the
Philippine Competition Commission
The Philippine Competition Commission (PhCC) is an independent, quasi-judicial body formed to implement the Philippine Competition Act (Republic Act No. 10667). The PhCC aims to promote and maintain market competition within the Philippines by ...
in September 2019.
Pasay Harbor City Corporation is a partnership composed of Udenna Development Corporation, Ulticon Builders Inc., and China Harbour Engineering Company.
Development
The proposed reclamation project, called the Pasay Harbour Reclamation Project, encompasses , including two (2) islands with respective areas of for Island A and for Island.
Construction
As of July 19, 2022, about of land has been reclaimed. Horizontal developments, including roads, bridges, power, water, drainage, sewerage, communications and other utilities and facilities are targeted to be completed on 2028.
Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. was in-charge of the
dredging
Dredging is the excavation of material from a water environment. Possible reasons for dredging include improving existing water features; reshaping land and water features to alter drainage, navigability, and commercial use; constructing d ...
and land reclamation environment, after the proponents of Pasay Harbor City dropped their Chinese partner.
See also
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Land reclamation in Metro Manila
The reclamation of land from the surrounding waters of Metro Manila is used to expand the region's limited area of usable and natural land. There are about 25 projects that aim to reclaim more than of land in Manila Bay from the city of Navota ...
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Bay City
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Horizon Manila
Horizon Manila is an upcoming mixed-use planned community to be built on a 419-hectare reclaimed land in Manila Bay. It has been described as the biggest reclamation project in Manila, Philippines. Horizon Manila will be composed of three islands: ...
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Manila Solar City
Manila Solar City ''(also known as Solar City Manila)'' is an under-construction mixed-used development to be built on a 148 hectare reclaimed land in Manila Bay adjacent to the north of the Cultural Center of the Philippines Complex and west of t ...
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Manila Waterfront City
Manila Waterfront City is an under-construction land reclamation that is envisioned to be the financial center of the Manila, Philippines. At 318 hectares, it is the second largest land reclamation project in the city after Horizon Manila. It is ...
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Navotas Boulevard Business Park
The Navotas Boulevard Business Park is an under-construction commercial and business center in Navotas. It will rise on reclaimed land, and has been under-construction since 2019. The development is envisioned to create a mixed-use community wit ...
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References
External links
Harbor City Philippines– Pasay Harbor City Corporation official website
Land reclamation in the Philippines
Districts in Metro Manila
Manila Bay
Mixed-use developments in Metro Manila
Planned communities in the Philippines
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