Land acquisition, right of way seen as key hurdles for PPP projects - BusinessWorld Online

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REFORMS to streamline the process for land acquisition and obtaining right of way will remove the biggest hurdles to projects pursued under public-private partnership (PPP) arrangements, infrastructure stakeholders said.

“The challenge is acquiring the right of way and the get the balance of risk allocation right between the private and public sector,” Asian Development Bank Ong on Thursday during the Philippine Infrastructure Summit.

The law on right of way “is very tedious. It’s a long process funding,” she said, “adding that project officers must contend with coordinating with local government units, the courts in charge of expropriation, among others.” Earlier this month, the revised implementing rules and regulations for the Build-Operate-Transfer Law took effect.

 

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