Gov’t to build Athletic Bowl parking complex

By Dexter A. See

BAGUIO CITY – The city government will construct a parking structure within the Baguio Athletic Bowl for vehicle owners wanting to do their routine exercises or simply visit Burnham Park and the city’s central business district area.
    City Administrator Bonifacio dela Pen֮a said the old wooden bleachers left side of the bowl’s entrance will be demolished to give way for the proposed construction of the parking structure.
    He said the proposed multi-level parking structure would accommodate at least 80 vehicles at one time. 
    Ela Len֮a said the parking structure is part of the local government’s efforts to address parking problems of the city.
     The city administrator said funds that will be used to construct the parking structure will come from the government. 
    According to him, the multi-level parking structure will boost income-generating efforts of the local government.
    He said the city government will implement fees once the parking structure will be completed. 
    Earlier, the national government through the State-owned Tourism Infrastructure and Enterprise Zone Authority (TIEZA) took back the P400 million it committed last year for the implementation of high impact development projects in Burnham Park as the same was used to sustain the overall response efforts to prevent the rapid spread of the deadly Covid-19 virus in the country and provide the necessary assistance to the members of the country’s vulnerable sectors.