By Ding Cervantes
CLARK FREEPORT, Pampanga- The Bases Conversion Development Authority (BCDA) has agreed to pay P300,000 per hectare of property
to families who will be displaced by the proposed Clark Green City.
Capas Mayor Antonio Rodriguez said the draft
of a memorandum of agreement between BCDA and the municipal government would be
finalized to make the compensation rate official.
The project will cover a huge area of Capas
and is seen to become the country s most modern and the first technologically
integrated city composed of residential, commercial, agro-industrial,
institutional and information technology sites.
Rodriguez said about 2,000 families are to be
affected by the Clark Green City project.
“There was an initial offer of only P50,000
per hectare. That was too low until we arrived at P300,000 per hectare,” he
said.
Rodriguez said the affected families would be
relocated, but he did not provide details on this matter.
The Clark Green City will cover 9,450
hectares and is estimated to cost $14 billion.
It will have five districts, for
government, central business, academes, agri-forestry research and development,
and wellness, recreation and eco-tourism.
The BCDA said three property developers Ayala Land Inc., Filinvest Land Inc. and
Megaworld Corp. have secured bid
documents for the initial 288-hectare portion of the project.
BCDA president and chief executive officer
Arnel Paciano Casanova said they extended the deadline for the issuance of terms
of reference (TOR) as well as the submission of eligibility documents and final
proposals.
The new deadline for the issuance of TOR was
moved from July 1 to Sept. 3, while the submission of eligibility documents and
final proposal will be at noon of Sept. 8 instead of July 3.
Casanova said the new deadlines would give
interested parties more time to secure necessary eligibility documents for
their bids.
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