Property giant
Megaworld is set to open its Transport Hubs this year to serve the requirements
of the region’s first Premium P2P service in Iloilo Business Park.
The P350-million
Iloilo Business Park Transport Hubs will have two terminals – one for
departures and another for arrivals – that will be strategically located along
the township’s Megaworld Boulevard, just in front of the Festive Walk Mall.
Each terminal,
sitting on a 4,000-square meter lot each, will feature its own Traveler’s
Lounge, an airconditioned facility where passengers can relax and wait for
their trips at the Departure Terminal, and also wait for their transits or
pick-up vehicles at the Arrival Terminal. Each lounge will have shower rooms
and toilets, all for the convenience of departing and arriving passengers.
At the
Traveler’s Lounge of the Departure Terminal, passengers will also have the
convenience of booking and purchasing their tickets at its own Ticketing
Booths. It will also have Breastfeeding Stations, and Free WiFi access.
Each terminal
will also have its own Food Park where passengers can indulge in wide array for
food choices while waiting.
At the second
and third level of each terminal, 200 parking slots will be made available for
free.
“We aim to
provide world-class and convenient service in land transport for the local and
international travelers in and out of Iloilo City. Hopefully, this will serve
as a model for other transport hubs in the region,” says Jose Arnulfo Batac,
head of estate management, Megaworld.
LTFRB Region 6
is rolling out the first Premium Point-to-Point Buses in Western Visayas
tomorrow, July 12, with Iloilo Business Park as its main hub in Panay Island.
The project is
part of the government’s Public Utility Vehicle Modernization Program (PUVMP),
a flagship program spearheaded by the Department of Transportation (DOTr).
Around 106 P2P
buses, equipped with the auto-pay system, will be launched, serving
the following routes: Iloilo Business Park to Iloilo Airport, Iloilo Business
Park to Roxas Airport, Iloilo Business Park to Kalibo Airport, and Iloilo
Business Park to Caticlan Airport (Boracay), and vice versa.
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| Passengers bound to Caticlan and Kalibo airports will take the Ceres Tours buses. |
At the same
time, the LTFRB Region 6 will also simultaneously launch other modernized PUVs
composed of 365 taxis and 165 jeepneys, which are also equipped with the
auto-pay system.
“We thank the
LTFRB Region 6 for this partnership, and we hope that we are able to contribute
to the success of this modernization campaign for the betterment of the
country’s transport industry. All of our townships, especially those in urban
centers, serve as convergence points of motorists and commuters. Thus, we integrate
transport hubs in our developments to meet the transport needs of the local
community,” explains Batac.
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| Southwest Tours will service the Iloilo Business Park to Iloilo Airport route and vice versa. |
Megaworld’s
Iloilo Business Park in Mandurriao District, Iloilo City is a 72-hectare
integrated urban township that is home to rows of residential towers, state-of-the-art
office towers, the Festive Walk Mall, the 1.1-kilometer Festive Walk Parade,
two first-class hotels (Richmonde Hotel Iloilo and Courtyard by Marriott, the
Iloilo Convention Center, the Iloilo Museum of Contemporary Art (ILOMOCA), and
the rising Commercial and Boutique Hotel District. ###
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