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Ayala tapped as consultant for airports’ major facelift |
 CITY and airport officials have tapped Ayala Property Management Corp. to help plan a P500-million facelift of the Ninoy Aquino International Airport complex.
The plan included improving the 22-kilometer stretch of road from Roxas Boulevard to the airport and rehabilitating the sidewalks, said Robert Nacianceno, general manager of the Metro Manila Development Authority.
The project would also include burying all public utility wires, evicting hundreds of squatter families along MIA Road, Naia Road, Domestic Road, Airport Road, Tramo and Andrews Avenue, removing all illegal structures, building pedestrian footbridges, and installing 55-foot lamp posts and see-through fences.
Nacianceno said the funds would come from the MMDA under the Office of the President, the Manila International Airport Authority, and the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corp. Ayala Property, a subsidiary of the country’s largest and most experienced real estate developer, will provide technical support.
“Ayala is a consultant of MIAA, while we provide the development plan of the areas and offer our best engineers, architects and landscape artists,” Nacianceno said.
“This initiative is in support of the government’s thrust to give the premiere gateway to our country a world-class character,” he said.
“We will provide a welcoming atmosphere for visitors and a warm farewell for those leaving the country.”
MMDA Chairman Bayani Fernando said the government would offer a relocation site for displaced squatters near the airport complex under a low-cost housing program.
He also acknowledged the cooperation of Pasay City Mayor Wenceslao Trinidad in helping to ease traffic going to the airport by banning all cargo trucks, buses and tricycles from Domestic Road and Andrews Avenue.
Meanwhile, airport officials said they were working to get the mothballed Terminal-3 open by the end of the year.
Airport manager Alfredo Cusi said eight foreign and local construction companies—including CNA of Singapore, First Balfour Inc. and FF Cruz—had signified their intention to finish the newest terminal.
“We hope we will be able to make a partial opening this year,” Cusi said. With Vito Barcelo
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