Survey set for lots to be affected by BRT
A Korean company will be conducting a parcellary survey plan to more than 100 business enterprises and structures in Cebu City affected by the implementation of the Bus Rapid Transit project.
The plan is a pre-requirement in the actual construction of the mass transport system that forms part of the detailed engineering design (DED), which will be undertaken by Seoul-based Kunhwa Engineering & Consulting firm.
The Department of Transportation and Communications recently awarded the contracts for the detailed engineering design and construction supervision to Kunhwa Engineering & Consulting.
Lawyer Rafael Yap, head of the Cebu-BRT Office, said the parcellary plan is the “very first deliverables of the DED.”
He said it will determine how many meters are needed for the BRT track and the structures it will affect along the way, as well as the cost estimates for road right-of-way (RROW) acquisition, among others.
The parcellary surveys and preparation of parcellary plans, together with the cost of RROW acquisition based on parcellary plans, shall be estimated and included in the total construction cost of the proposed project.
The result of the parcellary survey plan would still be validated by the DOTC and city government, among others.
Yap said they have yet to inform the structural owners on the possible acquisition of their properties.
But he said some of the private lot owners already know about this since 2012 after a social impact study of the BRT was conducted on businesses and transport operators.
Based on the final report of DOTC’s social assessment, 108 business establishments would be affected resulting to an estimated income loss amounting to P36.1 million a year.
The national government will be spending P1.27 billion to acquire and develop resettlement sites in Barangays Sinsin and Labangon, compensate land and structure owners affected by the project, and recompense potential income losses as a result of the BRT.
An estimated P620.5 million is needed to purchase approximately 9.3 hectares of land, 70 percent (6.63 hectares) of which is private, for the project.
The same study mentioned that the total resettlement cost for at least 69 households is pegged to reach P110.7 million, excluding transfer costs and food allowances.