00:00For Cebu is to try to put up a secondary airport here in Cebu.
00:07We can see that something were to happen to our existing airport.
00:16For example, if the epicenter of the recent quake was in Mactan,
00:21there is no airport.
00:23How can we get planes to land?
00:26How will we be able to get the help and the aid that we need if we don't have this airport?
00:31So, in every major city, just like ours in Cebu, Cebu City,
00:39Naagyo yung secondary airport.
00:41So our plan is to put up a secondary airport in the municipality of Sugud,
00:46which is just a little over 50 kilometers, if I'm not mistaken, from the existing airport.
00:53So, hopefully, if Madayo na siya, I think ako kaya na siya katabang,
00:59not only to mitigate the risk of if ever there is something that would simbako lang happen to our existing airport,
01:07but it would also open up the economy dito sa Norte.
01:12Open up the economy, provide opportunities sa ito ang mga kahisuunan nga ito sa Sugud,
01:20and even in the 4th District.
01:22Why is it so good going?
01:26Well, I'm a little bit biased. It's in my district.
01:29But I think in terms of convenience, you have the Fernan Bridge, di ba?
01:38Which connects directly into Mandawi, and that's the north side of Cebu.
01:44And then you have our international port, which is coming in construction.
01:50And also, in Sugud, naapatayd akong area wherein we can establish the airport.
02:00Kasa na katakaroon sa mga mong pinong kapag plano ko?
02:03Okay. Well, last Congress, I proposed it.
02:08We are just at the beginning of this Congress.
02:12Our focus in the first couple of months was really the General Appropriations Bill,
02:19which we just recently passed in the House.
02:23So this would be my focus in the next coming months.
02:27I hope that ang concern ng nani na ito is really where we would get the funding,
02:35you know, the partners for this.
02:38But ako truly, I believe that kayuhan gini siya para sa Sugbog.
02:44Makatabang gini dako para sa propinsya, sa Sugbog, sa Cebu City.
02:50So diparang na tatawir ang ang sige yung masugdan kung ang first quarter ang next year?
02:57No. I'll be honest with you.
02:59I think this is not something masugdan na yun within the next couple of years.
03:05It needs the, first, we need to have the feasibility study.
03:09We need the planning. We need the partners.
03:11It's not, I don't even think it's gonna happen in the next two or three years.
03:16But important nga ka nang, the discussion needs to start na ba.
03:22It needs to be talked about.
03:23And so if ever ka nang, you know, na ay potential na partner,
03:29na ay funding na ma dawat na togikan sa national,
03:34ready na dahil yung ta nga pag-implementar.
03:37So I think the first step would be really to, I'll talk to the DOTR.
03:42Maybe we can secure some funding for the feasibility study
03:48for the establishment of this airport.
03:52And then I think from there, we can establish a more accurate niya timeline
03:58para sa pagpatupod sa Maungi Airport.
04:01Do not wait.
04:29Beep
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