Are we anywhere near the touted 'golden age of infrastructure' now that 4 years of the Duterte administration have gone by? DuterteYear4
With the revised list, the administration now aims to complete a little over half of the projects by the time Duterte steps down in 2022. The rest of the projects are targeted to be finished up until 2028 – if all goes according to plan.
Carlo Asuncion, chief economist at Union Bank of the Philippines, said continuing a project from a previous administration is possible as long as the government has the inclination to go through the necessary bureaucratic processes. He cited the development of the TPLEX extension as an example, with the expressway first opening in 2013.
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