China and the Philippines signed the commercial contract of the China-financed Samal Island-Davao City Connector Project worth approximately $400 million on January 14. The Samal Island-Davao City Connector Project, a long-awaited dream project over decades, is one of the key G-to-G cooperation projects between China and the Philippines and a flagship project under the “Build, build, build” program.

The project is a two-way four-lane 3.86-km bridge in southern corridor to connect the Island Garden City of Samal to Davao City across the Pakiputan Strait. The main bridge is 1.62-km long and will be designed in a cable-stayed structure with the twin towers and double cable planes.