An earlier pronouncement notwithstanding, the Department of Transportation (DoTr) thumbed down on Friday the P552.018 billion proposal of the Cavite provincial government to develop the Sangley Point airport into an international airport to replace the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) as the country’s gateway.
The DoTR’s Office of the Undersecretary for Legal Affairs and Procurement, the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Legal Affairs, and the Legal Service recommended against signing a memorandum of agreement (MoA) with the Cavite provincial government allowing the proposed international airport development project to push ahead.
In a memorandum dated 15 June to DoTr Undersecretary for Planning and Project Development Ruben Reinoso, Jr., transport legal experts cited the lack of technical capability of the Cavite provincial government to implement an international airport development project in rejecting the proposal. The memo to Reinoso was in response to his request for a legal review of the proposed MoA.
It also noted that the Cavite provincial government has not identified the financing plan for the project seen to cost more than P500 billion.
“This Office is of the view that PGC (Provincial Government of Cavite) lacks the technical capability to implement the proposed Sangley International Airport Project. As a matter of fact, the MoA itself is bereft of any provision or proof showing the technical capability of PGC,” the two-page memorandum said.
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