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New Legaspi Airport Draft FS - PPP Center

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Chapter 5 DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY AND SELECTION OF NEW<br />

AIRPORT SITE<br />

5.1 REVIEW OF DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES<br />

5.1.1 General<br />

Considering the planning parameters and prevailing conditions detailed in the<br />

preceding sections of the Report, the emerging development strategies are<br />

the following:<br />

a) Option I : Improving the Existing <strong>Legaspi</strong> <strong>Airport</strong> Facilities<br />

b) Option II : Developing a <strong>New</strong> <strong>Airport</strong> to Serve both <strong>Legaspi</strong> and<br />

Naga City (<strong>New</strong> Southern Luzon <strong>Airport</strong>); and,<br />

c) Option III : Developing a <strong>New</strong> <strong>Legaspi</strong> <strong>Airport</strong>.<br />

Option I involves improving the existing facilities at <strong>Legaspi</strong> <strong>Airport</strong> to<br />

upgrade its level of service in accordance with ICAO requirements for<br />

Precision Approach Runway Code 4C for the short-term. Option I recognize<br />

the operational restrictions prevailing at Naga <strong>Airport</strong> and should be treated<br />

separately. Naga <strong>Airport</strong> is experiencing dramatic decrease in traffic demand<br />

on account of stiff competition with road transportation after the completion of<br />

Quirino Highway. Necessarily, the requirements of Naga <strong>Airport</strong> should be<br />

established in a separate study if Option I is pursued.<br />

Option II recognizes simultaneously the operational restrictions in both<br />

<strong>Legaspi</strong> and Naga <strong>Airport</strong>s. By developing a new airport midway between the<br />

existing facilities in <strong>Legaspi</strong> and Naga, it aims to save on development cost<br />

arising from two separate improvement activities. Option II involves a smallscale<br />

development of Sorsogon airport to make it more responsive to<br />

unserved demand from the southern part of Region V once the existing<br />

<strong>Legaspi</strong> <strong>Airport</strong> is decommissioned.<br />

Option III envisions the relocation of the existing <strong>Legaspi</strong> <strong>Airport</strong>, independent<br />

of the requirements of Naga <strong>Airport</strong>. Similar to Option I, it also recognizes the<br />

need for a separate consideration of the requirements of Naga <strong>Airport</strong>.<br />

5-1

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