Clark Green City assures disaster-resilient dev’t

State- run Bases Conversion and Development Authority (BCDA) has assured Clark Green City stakeholders a “disaster-resilient” development safe to build a new metropolis.

In a statement, BCDA president and chief executive officer Arnel Paciano Casanova said Clark Green City would be the ideal place for businesses to thrive as investments would be least affected by floods, earthquakes and super typhoons.

He said the projected 1.12 million residents and 800,000 workers that would live and work in Clark Green City would be assured of a safer environment.

With Clark Green City some 75 kilometers from the West Valley Fault, Casanova said the site’s favorable geological conditions would make it ideal for long term development and less vulnerable to the so called “Big One” should the West Valley Fault Line give way.

“Clark Green City will be less vulnerable to natural disasters and calamities. As far as earthquakes are concerned, Clark Green City will be less affected making it suitable for residential, commercial and industrial development,” he said.

Casanova added Clark Green City would also be spared from the damaging effects of super typhoons since its neighboring mountain ranges would serve as natural barriers.

“Clark Green City will be protected on both sides by the Zambales mountain range and the Sierra Madre mountain range from super typhoons,” he said.