Duterte to Build a $1 Billion New City for Thousands of Workers
- Government agencies to move help ‘pump-prime’ New Clark City
- Duterte says Manila will become a ‘dead city’ within 25 years
Traffic during morning rush hour in Makati City, the Philippines.
Photographer: Taylor Weidman/Bloomberg
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Thousands of government workers will be moved from Manila to a new city that’s being built in a former U.S. military base, as President Rodrigo Duterte’s administration seeks to ease a traffic gridlock in the capital.
The government and private companies are investing more than 50 billion pesos ($1 billion) to build an administrative center in New Clark City. Within five years, the area is expected to have at least eight mid-rise government towers, 8,000 housing units and a train connecting it to Manila, about 100 kilometers (62 miles) away.