EARLIER this week the Chamber of Commerce of the Philippine Islands (CCPI) and preservation groups rejected the government’s plan to build a Binondo-Intramuros bridge, saying it would ruin parts of Manila’s historic walled city without necessarily helping ease traffic.
The bridge is one of a dozen new bridges to be built or rebuilt over the Pasig River and Manggahan Floodway as part of the Duterte administration’s Metro Manila Logistics Improvement Network project. The four-lane, 734-meter span will connect Solana Street and Riverside in Intramuros with San Fernando Street in Binondo, sometime in 2020 as may be expected. The estimated P4.2 billion cost of the project is being paid for by a grant from the Chinese government. The National Economic Development Authority approved the bridge project in July 2017 after the funding arrangements with China were formalized, and a ceremonial groundbreaking was held on July 17 of this year.
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