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Thursday, October 3, 2019

First Cable Car System in the country to be built in La-Union, Baguio and Benguet


Cordillera - In an effort to ease the worsening traffic situation in the city of Pines, the Department of Transportation proposed to the city of government of Baguio a cable car system that would run from Pugo, La Union to Baguio. 

Mayor Benjamin Magalong said that DOTr Secretary Arthur Tugade offered the city to enter into a memorandum of agreement to pursue the proposed cable car system during an Executive-Legislative meeting on Sept. 23.

The cable car system would the be the first in the country and would greatly ease the traffic congestion in the city of Baguio.

A conceptual design for the proposed project will be first provided to the city for review prior to going into a final agreement, according to Baguio City official website.

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This week, the city council has approved a resolution that authorize city mayor Benjamin B. Magalong to enter into a memorandum of agreement with the DOTr for the conduct of study on the development of a cable car system.

The said cable car will interconnect ajoining municipalities such as La Union Tublay, Sablan, Itogon and La Trinidad.

In addition to the cable car system, DOTr also offered the city of Baguio the construction its first monorail system which will operate from La Trinidad, Benguet to Baguio.

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The monorail project with an estimated cost of over P5 Billion pesos would run from the provincial capital to SM City Baguio passing through the central business district. 

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14 Comments:

June Lloyd said...

Finally something mass transport thought of for the commuting public..

Kudos to all.. this will promote environment sustainability and will remind the younger generations and tourists why Baguio is called 'The City of Pines.'

Simon88 said...

Sana magtuloy tuloy lahat ng to para naman maging okay ang city at talagang may options para hindi mag kotse.

Bonggit DLP777-TAURUS said...

This will be a great achievement in history, pray it will happen soonest that budget funds will be approved soonest for the betterment of Cordillerans and for EcoGreen-Tourism Business developments brings it to higher caliber.

I wish & I hope, our firm honest & diligent goverment officials will work this out truly in their heart once the budget came out to suite for this huge great project.

So be it.../Bonggit DLP-777-TAURUS

Paul said...

Naku naniwala naman kayo. Just another empty promise from politicians.

Tetewa said...

an idea conceptualized by the government in 1990

Unknown said...

Wow! Let's hope it will go through. It will be money well spent.

Don said...

First? Eh meron na po niyan sa Tagaytay..

Anonymous said...

I remember this was also the plan of the former mayor jun labo but didn't happen...��

Rommel said...

A very ambitious project but I'm praying that this will materialize. Kudos to Mayor Magalong.

Russel said...

Nice project to invite more tourists

Unknown said...

Nice! Let's all pray for the best to happen...

Unknown said...

Nice project to solve traffic in the country.

Unknown said...

honestly this is also my idea . hope it will materialize just like SKYLINK in Queenstown, try to Google it

16xOxO16 said...

Over over na structures sa Baguio..tapos isisingit pa mga yan...ampangit eh....mas magiging polluted lang sa tao ang baguio ...jusko...HUWAG NA ITULOY MGA YAN...okay naman number of tourists sa Baguio ah. Dapat e boost nalang nila natural na ganda ng Baguio. Wag OA much sa makeover 🙄

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