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JV Ejercito to file infrastructure and transpo master plan bill

June 28, 2022

Senator-elect Joseph Victor “JV” Ejercito on Tuesday said he will be filing a bill on the creation of a comprehensive master plan on infrastructure and transport modernization.

“One of the first bills that I will file is the Comprehensive Master Plan for Infrastructure Development and Transport Modernization so that magtuloy-tuloy itong Build, Build, Build, that whoever sits as President, bawat Presidente kasi may kanya-kanyang pet projects or programs, but infrastructure development and transport modernization, yung planning niyan should be 50 to 100 years, dapat tuloy-tuloy,” he said.

“We should have a blueprint that the government will follow, whoever sits a President, magpalit man ng administrasyon,” he added.

The bill will be his first proposed measure as a returning lawmaker and as a Senator in the 19th Congress.

Once enacted, Ejercito said the master plan will pave the way for infrastructure development beyond the country’s urban centers and spur new growth development areas around the archipelago.

“The only way we can decongest Metro Manila is to spread out the development, kasi lahat ng opportunity nandito. We have to spread out the development to the countryside. Kailangang mag-create tayo ng growth development areas in the provinces so that there will be opportunities in the provinces,” he said.

“Ngayon kasi, siyempre, lahat ng opportunity ay nandito sa Manila, kaya lahat ay nagsisiksikan dito,” he added.

At present, there are potential growth development areas in Central Luzon, North Luzon, the Bicol Region, and Mindanao, Ejercito said.

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