New Legaspi Airport Draft FS - PPP Center
New Legaspi Airport Draft FS - PPP Center
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 />
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