TRANSFER OF SRP LOT TO PROV. APPROVED

Cebu City, Cebu Province move closer to sealing the 93-1 land swap deal

The Cebu City Government and the Cebu Provincial Government are another step closer to sealing the 93-1 land swap deal.

The City Council yesterday approved an ordinance transferring ownership of 2.5 hectares of land located at the South Road Properties (SRP) to the Provincial Government.

The measure was sponsored by Councilor Eugenio Gabuya Jr., pursuant to Section 3 of City Ordinance 2332, which protects SRP and its stakeholders from unlawful and unauthorized transactions.

Last Aug. 3, Mayor Tomas Osmeña and Gov. Hilario Davide III signed the deed of donation and acceptance of the lots belonging to 93-1.

In December 2016, Osmeña and Davide signed the memorandum of agreement (MOA) on the land swap deal between the City and the Province.

Based on the MOA, the Province will give the City 32 hectares of lots spread across several barangays, which are occupied mostly by urban poor settlers. It will also hand over 1.5 hectares of land in the Department of Agriculture compound along M. Velez St., a 2,358-square-meter lot along Gorordo Ave. in Barangay Lahug, and a 577-square-meter lot on Don Gil Garcia St. in Barangay Capitol Site.

In exchange, the City Government offered the Province a 3.3-hectare block behind SM City Cebu in Barangay Mabolo, a 2.5-hectare botanical garden behind SM Seaside in the South Road Properties (SRP), nine hectares in Barangay Pulpogan, Consolacion, the 1.37-hectare lot where the septage treatment plant stands, and the 2,476-square-meter lot where the city abattoir stands.