No rival bids for San Miguel's proposed Boracay bridge project, says DPWH

SAN MIGUEL Holdings Corp. (SMHC), the infrastructure arm of San Miguel Corp. (SMC), is poised to secure the P8.01-billion contract for the Boracay bridge project after no competing bids were submitted, according to the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH).

- By Ashley Erika O. Jose

DPWH said the bridge aims to provide seamless travel between Boracay and Caticlan.

(Walter Bollozos)

“No other proposals came in by the deadline,” the DPWH communications team said in a Viber message to BusinessWorld over the weekend, citing information from the agency’s Office of Planning and Public-Private Partnership (PPP).

SMHC was granted original proponent status for the unsolicited project, which involves the financing, design, construction, operation, and maintenance of a 2.54-kilometer bridge system — including a 1.14-kilometer limited-access bridge — that will connect Caticlan in Malay, Aklan to Boracay Island.