PROPOSED MALALAG COASTAL ROAD

GROUP 1

Kit Homer Abanid

Jivson Buaya

Scarlet Jane Davide

Angelica Estabillo

Jonnah Mae Loang

William Tin-ao
Introduction

Many of the world’s major cities are located in coastal areas, and a large portion
of economic activities, with the exception of agriculture, are concentrated in these cities.
The coastal zone is an area of convergence of activities in urban centers, such as
shipping in major ports, and wastes generated from domestic sources and by major
industrial facilities. Thus, traditional resource-based activities, such as coastal fisheries,
aquaculture, forestry and agriculture, are found side by side with activities such as
industry, shipping and tourism.

Malalag is one of the coastal zone areas in Davao del Sur and was classified as
a 2nd class municipality in the province. According to the 2015 census, it has a
population of 38, 731 people. It is known as the agricultural center of Davao del Sur,
and its main products include banana, coconut, and other fruits and vegetables. Other
primary industries include fishing and mining.

Malalag is located in the southeastern part of Mindanao, South of Digos City (the
capital of Davao del Sur) and General Santos City. It is bounded in the north by the
Municipality of Sulop and the Malalag Bay, and in the south, by the Municipality of
Malungon, Sarangani Province. In the east, it is bounded by the Municipality of Sta.
Maria and, in the west, by the Municipality of Kiblawan. Because of its strategic location,
Malalag serves as the port of entry for vessels from other nations in the Southeast
Asian Region.

This study aims to utilize the coastline by proposing the construction of coastal
road along it. The coastal road will generate economic growth in the municipality and
connect the neighboring provinces through its route.

Coastal roads are those roads influenced by their presence in or near the water
level, wave, and sand transport environment unique to a coast. Some of these roads
are perpendicular to the coast and serve as access and evacuation routes. Some of
these roads are parallel to the coast either right along or inland from the shore. Some of
these roads are major highways that run across or along bays or estuaries.

Nowadays, the increasing economic growth of the municipality greatly needs

wider roads to accommodate the increasing traffic. Since it has a wharf, the demand for
easier access to and from it arises. Cargo vehicles should not have problems entering
and leaving the wharf, while at the same time not cause traffic congestion to the path
that they will take. Aside from the economy, it should also accommodate the increasing
demands of tourism, as Malalag also boasts scenic views.
 The proposed coastal road will be able to provide the necessary solutions to the
problems stated above. The road will be linking not only the neighboring coastal
barangays within the municipality, but also the neighboring municipalities. It will reduce
the traffic on the main provincial road, because it will be an alternative road that the
vehicles will take, if ever they want to enjoy the scenic view of the coast.

Significance of the study

The result of the study will be of great benefit to the following:

PEOPLE OF MALALAG. The result of the study will provide the people of Malalag,
Davao del Sur with job and business opportunities since the coastal road will attract
many investors to invest as well as the tourist to visit the place and neighboring
municipalities’ tourist destination.

LGU MALALAG. The result of the study will also help the LGU MALALAG to prepare
and plan for the future development of the municipality that will cause another problem
in the future. Since the municipality is now eyed to be an international agricultural
trading port, growth in economic activities of the municipality is expected to rise.

DAVAO DEL SUR AND NEIGHBORING PROVINCES: The study serve as a guide for
the LGU MALALAG in implementing the future projects that will help the municipality’s
economic growth. Through that those projects will also serve the need of the
neighboring municipalities and provinces with their agricultural products particularly in
exports.

Objectives of the study

The study aims:

a) To elaborate the importance of the construction of the coastal road to the

community

b) To serve as a gateway to the transportation of agricultural and aquatic goods

from the neighboring towns and provinces.

c) To connect the neighboring municipalities.

d) To promote the coastal tourism in the municipality and in the neighboring towns.
Demand

The coast of the municipality of Malalag has the strategic location that serves as
the port of entry for vessels from other nations in the Southeast Asian Region. Since the
program of today’s administration is “Build, Build, Build”, Malalag port was allocated with
580,000 million pesos for its development. With this on-going development, the
municipality was being eyed to soon become an international agricultural trading port.

Similarly, Metro Cebu approved the construction of the New Cebu International
Container Port. In 1994 Cebu Integrated Area Development Master Plan Study, Japan
International Cooperation Agency had identified the Mandaue-Consolacion-Liloan road
as one of the basic infrastructure projects needed in Metro Cebu. But due to the Right of
Way (ROW) acquisition on the heavily built-up area along the road, its implementation
was hampered.

In line with these, the on-going port project in Malalag would project an increase
on the number of vehicles entering and exiting the municipality and is expected to
create traffic congestion particularly on the main provincial highway. The proposed
coastal road would provide the ease of traffic flow by providing an alternative route for
the vehicles going from and to the neighboring towns.

Supply

For coastal roads, some of the well-known roads all around the world are the following:

 Pacific Coast Highway, California

- At a total of just over 655.8 miles (1,055.4 km), it is the longest state route in
California. SR 1 has several portions designated as Pacific Coast
Highway (PCH), Cabrillo Highway, Shoreline Highway, or Coast Highway. Its
southern terminus is at Interstate 5 (I-5) near Dana Point in Orange
County and its northern terminus is at U.S. Route 101 (US 101)
near Leggett in Mendocino County. SR 1 also at times runs concurrently with
US 101, most notably through a 54-mile (87 km) stretch in Ventura and Santa
Barbara counties, and across the Golden Gate Bridge.
- The highway is designated as an All-American Road. In addition to providing
a scenic route to numerous attractions along the coast, the route also serves
 as a major thoroughfare in the Greater Los Angeles Area, the San Francisco
Bay Area, and several other coastal urban areas.
- It is an effective coastal road for it allows the travelers to enjoy the scenery
while driving, connects major states throughout its span, and it increased the
rate of tourism for the states it passed.

 Mumbai Coastal Road

- The Mumbai Coastal Road is a proposed 29.2-km freeway that would to run
along Mumbai's western coastline connecting Marine Lines in the south to
Kandivli in the north. The estimated cost of the project is ₹150
billion (US$2.3 billion).
- The proposal envisioned a coastal road on reclamation which not only
provided a speedy connectivity but also enhanced the quality of the city
environment through the reduction in pollution and respiratory diseases and
provision of excellent green space adjoining the road on either side and thus
providing a much needed recreational space in addition to the road that
connects the various parts of the city.
- It is an effective coastal road because Mumbai, being an island surrounded
on the east, south and the west sides by the Arabian Sea has no room to
expand.

 Manila-Cavite Expressway CAVITEx

- The Manila–Cavite Expressway, also known as Coastal Road/CAVITEx, is a

14-kilometre-long (8.7 mi) limited-access toll expressway linking Manila to the
southern province of Cavite in the Philippines. It is designated as Expressway
3 (E3) of the Philippine expressway network and a component of Radial Road
1 (R-1) of Manila's arterial road network. It is owned and operated by the
Public Estates Authority Tollway Corporation (PEATC), a government-owned
and controlled corporation and a subsidiary of the Public Estates Authority, a
government agency under the Office of the President.
- It connects major cities. At the north end, it feeds into and from Roxas
Boulevard in the city of Parañaque in Metro Manila, also part of R-1. At the
south end, it splits into two termini, both along the north coast in Kawit,
Cavite. One feeds into the intersection of Tirona Highway and Antero Soriano
Highway. Left backtracks through Binakayan back to Bacoor, straight
proceeds on Soriano towards the Cavite Economic Zone, and right proceeds
 towards the highway's other terminus on Tirona Highway near the Aguinaldo
Shrine heading towards Noveleta.
- It is effective because it provides ease of access for travelers, and serves its
purpose as to what it is really built to be.

 Cagayan De Oro coastal road

- 12.77- kilometer coastal road highway which serves as a bay pass road from
Barangay Gusa to Barangay Igpit, Opol in misamis Oriental will be completed.
- the coastal road was built to divert some of the truck traffic away.
- It is an effective coastal road for it serves as an alternate route so as to revert
the traffic congestion from the main road.

 Malalag Davao del Sur

- The proposed coastal road will give access to markets for agricultural
products, and also facilitate input supplies. Improved roads may allow new
areas of land to be brought into cultivation, and new water sources may also
become accessible. It will also help decongest the traffic on the national
highway since it will serve as an alternate route. It will also induce the growth
of tourism industry for the municipality.
- It will soon be an effective coastal road for it will be able to attract more
investors to invest, open up more job opportunities, help clean up the
coastline, and help preserve the environment for the sake of tourism in the
area.