Badly needed projectA lot of articles are coming out lately from so-called transportation and mobility experts, urban planners, and heritage defenders criticizing the Pasig River Expressway project (PAREX), a priority project of the Duterte administration under the Build Build Build program to be undertaken by San Miguel Corp. at no cost to government. The Pasig River Rehabilitation Commission, an agency attached to the Department of Environment and Natural Resources, has been trying to clean up Pasig River since 1999. Any mega project has its pros and cons, but I’m sure that government already considered them before it gave its go-signal for PAREX. And design concerns can be addressed at this very early stages of the project. Take, for instance, one which says that PAREX is nothing but an ill-conceived, irresponsible money-making project.

Source: Philippine Star October 08, 2021 16:22 UTC