The Aurora Pacific Economic Zone and Freeport Authority (APECO) said 10 previously abandoned infrastructure projects worth P800 million have either been completed, or have re-started.
The revived infrastructure projects include underground power distribution lines, watersystems, sanitation facilities and public buildings, the APECO said in a report on Wednesday, July 23. The state agency added it inherited these projects, unfinished, from previous administrations.
During the visit of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. to APECO in July 2024, he vowed to continue the unfinished projects, the APECO said.
The APECO’s latest report listed the completed projects as follows: the P60-million central water supply and reservoir (CWSR) phase 1; the P28-million sewage treatment plant (STP) project phase 1; and the P12-million APECO fire station project.
Ongoing are the underground power distribution line (UPDL) phases 1 and 2 worth P70 million and are 78 percent complete; the CWSR phase 2, worth P30 million; and the delivery of fire trucks and ambulances, worth P15 million, the APECO said.
In the pre-construction phase is the P47-million STP phase 2, the state agency said.
The APECO said it also reprogrammed the unfinished corporate campus building (CCB), supposedly planned as a ready-for-occupancy and ready-for-fit-out (RFO/RFFO) building, by integrating it into a bigger corporate campus development (CCD) program.
The APECO said the building had a budget of P75 million while the CCD originally cost P439 million. With the integration, APECO said P120 million will be used for the CCD Program, particularly the construction of the RFO/RFFO building, the APECO Convention Center, and the P67.6-million APECO Grand Lagoon.
On top of these projects, APECO said it has completed other new projects initiated under the leadership of APECO President and Chief Executive Officer Gil Taway IV.
The APECO identified the finished projects as follows: the P44-million rehabilitation of the APECO Villas and Residences; the P16.83-million super health center; and the P4.95-million materials recovery facility.
