The planned intermodal transport hub for Baguio City is moving forward and is expected to proceed to the next step of the project’s implementation “early next year,” according to the Public-Private Partnership (PPP) Center of the Philippines.
The PPP project with contractor Megawide Construction Corporation is currently undergoing review from the Baguio local government.
Once approved, the project is set to undergo the comparative challenge, also referred to as the Swiss challenge, sometime within the first half of 2025.
In a comparative challenge, the government will invite other proposals to match that of Megawide. The original proponent is then allowed to match counter offers during the process, if no better offer is filed, Megawide will emerge the winner and subsequently proceed to implement the project.
Megawide’s terminal project would cover the construction, operation and maintenance of an intermodal transport hub on a city-owned lot along Marcos Highway.
This hub would house provincial buses from outside of Baguio to free up space in the city center and includes dedicated loading and unloading bays for provincial and in-city transport, a staging area, a passenger waiting area with commercial offering, and public parking for park-and-ride.
