Nearly four years into the Duterte administration, official reports disclose that its “Build, Build, Build” infrastructure development program is currently implementing at least 20,000 game-changing projects meant to connect—and promote robust growth in—81 provinces located in 18 regions in the Philippines.
The DPWH alone, under Secretary Mark Villar, has completed a total of 9845 kms of roads, 2,709 bridges, 64 airport projects, and 243 seaport projects. This is expected to develop industries that, in turn, create jobs and improve the lives of the Filipinos.
To date, key infrastructure projects under the BBB Program include the Subic-Clark Railway; the North-South railway projects connecting Los Baños, Laguna to Tutuban, Manila and Clark Freeport in Pampanga; a 1,500-hectare industrial park in Clark, Pampanga; and an expanded Clark International Airport also in Pampanga.
Other projects are four energy facilities, ten water resource projects and irrigation systems, and five flood control facilities.