The Muntinlupa City Council passed a resolution interposing no objection to the Laguna Lakeshore Road Network (LLRN) Project that “will provide a road corridor to facilitate traffic flow from Metro Manila to the province of Laguna in Region IV.”
Councilor Raul Corro, majority floor leader, said the City Council passed the resolution on July 25 during its regular session.
Under the resolution, the City Council is “interposing no objection to the Project Network Development-Construction of Missing Links/New Roads-Laguna Lake Highway Extension Muntinlupa City.”
“The Laguna Lakeshore Road Network (LLRN) Project is one of the seven projects under the Infrastructure Preparation and Innovation Facility (IPIF) which aims to support the Department of Public Works and Highways to deliver more effective, efficient and innovative infrastructure projects all over the country,” according to the resolution.
It added, “LLRN caters the area in the vicinity of Laguna de Bay, with a road network scheme that is divided into two phases: Phase I runs along the western coastline of the Lake while Phase II stretches in the Northern to Southern coastline via an eastern route.”
“Now therefore, be it resolved, as it is hereby resolved, by the 10th Sangguniang Panlungsod of Muntinlupa, to interpose no objection to the project Project Network Development-Construction of Missing Links/New Roads-Laguna Lake Highway Extension Muntinlupa City.”
The resolution added that the City Council’s “favorable endorsement” and “no objection” to the project “shall require the compliance and submission of clearances/certification/permit from the following offices: Environment Sanitation Center, Lake Management Office, Laguna Lake Development Authority (LLDA), Barangay (where the project will be undertaken), City Building Office and; Business Permit and License Office.”
According to the Department of Public Works and Highways, the LLRN Project Phase 1 covers the construction of a 37.6 km mainline road, 6.1 km local connecting roads, and 7.3 k. interchanges and slip roads from Lower Bicutan to Calamba City in Laguna.
It said Phase 1 “includes eight (8) interchanges in Sucat, Alabang, Tunasan, San Pedro/Binan, Santa Rosa, Cabuyao, and Calamba.”
“This two-lane primary road consists of 11.80 km viaduct from Lower Bicutan to Muntinlupa, and 25.80 km combination of onshore viaduct and embankment from Muntinlupa to Calamba. It will feature an additional one lane in each direction from Sucat, Muntinlupa to Sta. Rosa, Laguna; a cycling track and promenade from Tunasan, Muntinlupa to San Pedro, Laguna,” according to the DPWH.