But the 76 civil society organizations that opposed the agreement noted that the “harm from PAREx will far outweigh any projected benefits” of the proponents, such as solving Metro Manila traffic. Based on their conservative estimate, the P95-billion toll project will inflict a total of P164 billion in economic, health and social costs. “This conservative estimate does not even include heritage, environmental, ecological and indirect health or COVID-19-related impacts of PAREx. It also does not include the future impact to taxpayers of the cost of highway removal. The groups said that PAREx, a toll project that would connect Radial Road-10 in Manila City to C-6 road in Taguig, could also bring irreversible environmental impacts.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer September 28, 2021 20:37 UTC