The Marcos administration has lined up 10 Infrastructure Flagship Projects (IFPs) worth more than ₱480 billion for Cebu and Bohol, in a massive push to reshape Central Visayas into a future economic and transport powerhouse.
Among the projects is the Cebu Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) System, slated for completion by 2027, though its operations and maintenance will stretch well beyond 2028, after Marcos Jr.’s term.
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Other big-ticket projects set to redefine Cebu and Bohol’s infrastructure include:
- 4th Cebu-Mactan Bridge and Coastal Road Construction Project
- Consolacion-Liloan Bypass Road Project
- New Cebu International Container Port (NCICP)
- Metro Cebu Expressway Project
- Upgrade and expansion of the Bohol-Panglao International Airport
- Panglao-Tagbilaran City Offshore Bridge Connector
- Cebu Urban Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) Central Line
- Panglao-Tagbilaran Bus Rapid Transit (BRT)
While the government has lined up 32 infrastructure projects for Region 7, these 10 were specifically earmarked for Cebu and Bohol.
“These 10 projects are considered region-specific physical-connectivity developments based on the Urban Transport Masterplan by the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) in 2019,” said Jennifer Bretaña, regional director of the Department of Economy, Planning, and Development-Central Visayas (DEPDev-7).
The ambitious lineup underscores the administration’s bet on transport modernization, logistics efficiency, and regional growth in the Visayas—though most of the projects will only come to full fruition after Marcos leaves office.