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Various transport-related agencies and
local governments develop their respective transport plans
or strategies to address bottlenecks and improve outcomes in
the transport sector. However, to be able to bring a more
focused or targeted intervention that is more inclusive,
these various strategies need to focus on establishing
interconnectivity between key urban growth centers and
between lagging and fast-growing regions, and creating
supporting institutions that promote greater integration.
Upon the request of the National Economic and Development
Authority, a framework plan was developed to provide
policy-makers with a strategic framework to help identify
the transport needs of the Philippines and guide in
implementing an integrated, more coordinated approach to
establishing stronger transport infrastructure linkages to
support the country’s inclusive growth agenda. The framework
plan was developed under the guidance of a vision and goals
developed by stakeholders across the Philippines. This
comprehensive vision can be summarized as ‘Bringing us all
closer together for prosperity.’ The geographic focus of the
Framework Plan includes all of the Philippines outside of
Metro Manila. This Framework Plan does not replicate the
work being done by the Japan International Cooperation
Agency (JICA) for Metro Manila (the JICA study covers Metro
Manila with an approximate radius of 100 kilometers and is
being conducted to evaluate specific transport
infrastructure projects for the Metro Manila area). Future
improvements and needs of transportation infrastructure to
meet the demand for long-distance transport to and from
Metro Manila and to other urban/economic centers in the
Philippines are considered; nevertheless, national-level
strategies recommended in this study affect all areas of the Philippines.
