Payumo pushes bridge and tunnel linking Bataan and Cavite across Manila Bay

ORANI, Bataan – Former Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) Chairman  Felicito Payumo is pushing for bridge and tunnel linking Bataan and Cavite across Manila Bay as a solution to ease the traffic problem in Metro Manila.

He said the gigantic bridge and tunnel project will connect the town of Naic in Cavite crossing the waters of Manila Bay and ending in the town of Mariveles Bataan.

Payumo has come up this great idea calling it the Trans Manila Bay Crossing, which he planned and contributed in 1987 on his first term as a Bataan congressman.

He said he realized that there was not any more land left to have new streets or extend the mass travel system that is why he decided to revive the bridge project.

He also said the combination of bridge and tunnel project will connect a network of existing and integrated roads on the north and south of Metro Manila that will set as a complete network of the entire road loop or a “Big Loop.”

He added the proposed bridge and tunnel will not only push growth outside of Metro Manila but will also connect three regions.