BAGUIO CITY – Baguio
City Mayor Benjamin Magalong, as chairman of the Baguio City, La Trinidad,
Itogon, Sablan, Tuba, and Tublay (BLISTT) Council, cited importance of
extending investments outside of the summer capital and committed to push
BLISTT economic growth in his many negotiations with potential investors.
Magalong
bared this during the BLISTT Development Council meeting on Dec. 4 here at the
Cordillera Regional Development Council
conference hall at the National Economic Development Authority compound.
Magalong said he missed some opportunities for possible BLISTT investment due to lack of information on land development availability in the area.
Magalong said he missed some opportunities for possible BLISTT investment due to lack of information on land development availability in the area.
BLISTT
secretary and Tublay Mayor Armando Lauro pledged his support for BLISTT
development.
He said a
private lot in his municipality is planned for conversion into an economic zone
where investments can be channeled.
The BLISTT
council agreed to pass a resolution for Magalong to deal with investment
ventures for the BLISTT.
The BLISTT is one of the major economic growth areas in the Cordillera.
The BLISTT is one of the major economic growth areas in the Cordillera.
The BLISTT
growth plan aims to decongest Baguio City while spreading economic
opportunities to BLISTT municipalities.
The Regional
Development Plan 2017-2022, whose preparation was coordinated by NEDA-CAR, aims
to develop the area as a regional commercial and service center.
La Trinidad
and Baguio City are currently home to many regional government agencies and
offices as well as several major universities, not only of CAR but also, of
Northern Luzon.
BLISTT is
also the main gateway to the Cordillera region.
All these
characteristics make the BLISTT a prime location for investment, it was
observed.
Magalong
urged other mayors to update their respective development masterplans to serve
as a blueprint for developing the area. “We have all these investments coming
to Baguio because we developed our masterplans,” he said.
NEDA has commissioned a study for the BLISTT’s infrastructure development.
NEDA has commissioned a study for the BLISTT’s infrastructure development.
The BLISTT
sustainable infrastructure development masterplan aims to provide information
and strategies on infrastructure development such as road networks, public
transport consolidation, building guidelines, among others.
Representatives of regional offices of the Departments of Public Works and Highways, Transportation and municipal mayors of La Trinidad, Sablan and Tublay attended the meeting with NEDA-CAR as secretariat to the BLISTT Council. --Marlo Lubguban, NEDA-SPCAR
Representatives of regional offices of the Departments of Public Works and Highways, Transportation and municipal mayors of La Trinidad, Sablan and Tublay attended the meeting with NEDA-CAR as secretariat to the BLISTT Council. --Marlo Lubguban, NEDA-SPCAR
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