Railway projects are among the biggest items on the infra list. PHOTO BY JUAN ESCANDOR / INQUIRER SOUTHERN LUZON
The Duterte administration gets plenty of attention—positive and otherwise—for its aggressive war on drugs.
But lesser known is an aggressive plan to combat poor infrastructure that has hobbled economic growth for years.
Many of the current administration’s projects revealed so far are actually carryovers from previous administrations. This article, nevertheless, outlines a number of the projects the current administration said it would pursue.
Overall, P8 trillion in infrastructure spending was pledged through Duterte’s six-year term. The aim is to bring infrastructure spending up to 7 percent of the country’s economic output, from the current 5 percent.
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More details here were shared under the economic team’s “build, build, build” banner that was unveiled in late 2016.
Most of the projects fall under the Department of Transportation and Department of Public Works and Highways.
