MBLISTTDA council approves budget, organizational structure
>> Friday, February 24, 2023
Baguio-La Trinidad cable car project, others set
By Kathleen Irah B. Magaliao
TUBLAY, Benguet – A cable car
system which will traverse Baguio City
and La Trinidad, Benguet is in the works.
The project was included by the Metropolitan Baguio – La Trinidad – Itogon – Sablan – Tuba – Tublay Development Authority (MBLISTTDA) Council in the authority’s approved budget for fiscal year 2024 and organizational structure in its first quarter meeting Feb. 6 here at Winaca Eco Village.
Four offices -- Office of the MBLISTTDA Administrator, Planning Services Office, Operations Services Office and Finance and Administration Services Office, will be established under the approved organizational structure based on the mandate of the MBLISTTDA in Republic Act 11932.
The three services will operate under supervision of the MBLISTTDA administrator – planning services composed of urban and development planning unit and project development and management unit; operations services composed of transport and traffic management, health and sanitation, public safety and order, ecosystem and environment management and tourism units and finance and administration services composed of finance and administrative units.
The MBLISTTDA Council approved the budget proposed by the National Economic Development Authority – Cordillera Administrative Region for fiscal year 2024 to cover costs for full operationalization of the authority which would include the hiring of personnel, planning and project development, and administrative expenses.
The inclusion of the regional Dept. of Interior and Local Government as a non-voting member of the MBLISTTDA Council was also approved.
Updates on proposed and ongoing BLISTT-wide projects such as modeling and understanding landslide events BLISTT research program, proposed BLISTT cable car and waste-to-energy projects and ongoing completion of the BLISTT Outer Ring Road were also part of the meeting agenda.
The Mulat BLISTT, led by the University of the Philippines, University of the Cordilleras, University of Baguio, Mines and Geosciences Bureau and Dept. of Science and Technology, is a research program established to support integrated disaster risk reduction management for BLISTT.
The BLISTT cable car project which will initially cover La Trinidad and Baguio City is in the planning stage with the proponent China CAMC to conduct a project feasibility and financial viability study.
Metro Global Renewable Energy Corp., the proponent of the BLISTT Waste to Energy Project, also agreed to conduct waste analysis and characterization and feasibility study.
The Dept. of Public Works and Highways and BLISTT local government units clarified roles and agreed on next steps to facilitate timely completion and quality implementation of project sections for the BLISTT Outer Circumference Road project.
The MBLISTTDA was created through Republic Act 11932, to accelerate social, economic, and political development in the BLISTT area. NEDA – CAR serves as the interim secretariat of the MBLISTTDA Council pending the operationalization of the MBLISTTDA.
The project was included by the Metropolitan Baguio – La Trinidad – Itogon – Sablan – Tuba – Tublay Development Authority (MBLISTTDA) Council in the authority’s approved budget for fiscal year 2024 and organizational structure in its first quarter meeting Feb. 6 here at Winaca Eco Village.
Four offices -- Office of the MBLISTTDA Administrator, Planning Services Office, Operations Services Office and Finance and Administration Services Office, will be established under the approved organizational structure based on the mandate of the MBLISTTDA in Republic Act 11932.
The three services will operate under supervision of the MBLISTTDA administrator – planning services composed of urban and development planning unit and project development and management unit; operations services composed of transport and traffic management, health and sanitation, public safety and order, ecosystem and environment management and tourism units and finance and administration services composed of finance and administrative units.
The MBLISTTDA Council approved the budget proposed by the National Economic Development Authority – Cordillera Administrative Region for fiscal year 2024 to cover costs for full operationalization of the authority which would include the hiring of personnel, planning and project development, and administrative expenses.
The inclusion of the regional Dept. of Interior and Local Government as a non-voting member of the MBLISTTDA Council was also approved.
Updates on proposed and ongoing BLISTT-wide projects such as modeling and understanding landslide events BLISTT research program, proposed BLISTT cable car and waste-to-energy projects and ongoing completion of the BLISTT Outer Ring Road were also part of the meeting agenda.
The Mulat BLISTT, led by the University of the Philippines, University of the Cordilleras, University of Baguio, Mines and Geosciences Bureau and Dept. of Science and Technology, is a research program established to support integrated disaster risk reduction management for BLISTT.
The BLISTT cable car project which will initially cover La Trinidad and Baguio City is in the planning stage with the proponent China CAMC to conduct a project feasibility and financial viability study.
Metro Global Renewable Energy Corp., the proponent of the BLISTT Waste to Energy Project, also agreed to conduct waste analysis and characterization and feasibility study.
The Dept. of Public Works and Highways and BLISTT local government units clarified roles and agreed on next steps to facilitate timely completion and quality implementation of project sections for the BLISTT Outer Circumference Road project.
The MBLISTTDA was created through Republic Act 11932, to accelerate social, economic, and political development in the BLISTT area. NEDA – CAR serves as the interim secretariat of the MBLISTTDA Council pending the operationalization of the MBLISTTDA.
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