jpbago Posted January 24, 2017 Posted January 24, 2017 8 minutes ago, Gerald Glatt said: So whats the question of land ownership on the bridge? And just imagine the kick backs and estafa potential. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reboot Posted January 24, 2017 Posted January 24, 2017 (edited) 44 minutes ago, jpbago said: And just imagine the kick backs and estafa potential. And that would be true in California...so one can only imagine in the Ph. We just had a Senator get her husband a billion dollar rail high speed rail contract. Nice work if you can get it. Edited January 24, 2017 by Reboot 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidK Posted January 24, 2017 Posted January 24, 2017 7 hours ago, Gerald Glatt said: So whats the question of land ownership on the bridge? Well it will have to start and finish somewhere....... Adjacent land values may prove very lucrative to someone....... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Dave Hounddriver Posted January 24, 2017 Popular Post Posted January 24, 2017 7 hours ago, Gerald Glatt said: So whats the question of land ownership on the bridge? Well that's easy. As soon as they build islands to put the bridge supports on, China will claim the islands 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpbago Posted January 24, 2017 Posted January 24, 2017 23 minutes ago, Dave Hounddriver said: Well that's easy. As soon as they build islands to put the bridge supports on, China will claim the islands Likely China will be the one building the islands and the bridge as the Filipino engineers are OFWs. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpbago Posted January 24, 2017 Posted January 24, 2017 26 minutes ago, DavidK said: Well it will have to start and finish somewhere....... Adjacent land values may prove very lucrative to someone....... It has taken 10 years to get the go ahead on the 3rd bridge between Ontario and Michigan at Detroit as the land owner on the American side was also the owner of the 2nd bridge and did not want competition. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forum Support Mike J Posted January 24, 2017 Forum Support Posted January 24, 2017 On 1/22/2017 at 0:56 PM, Jollygoodfellow said: The feasibility study will be conducted by international consulting and engineering firm Systra to determine the economic feasibility of the proposed monorail project, point out the possible routes with the highest passenger traffic in the city and finalize the entire cost of the project Consulting firms make big bucks by telling government agencies what they want to hear. If the "entire cost of the project" in the Philippines is anything like what happens all to often in the USA, they will need to multiply the cost "estimate" by a factor of three or four, and time to completion by at least two. Even then both estimates could still be too low. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gator Posted January 24, 2017 Posted January 24, 2017 On 1/23/2017 at 0:15 AM, Ram1957 said: It would be a good system if they could just get around the Land Ownership, which is going to have to change if the PI wants to do any real transportation projects. The USA found a way around it with just two simple words: Eminent Domain. Translated from legalese to plain English: The government says it needs your property more then you do, so they can just take it and give you what they think is fair compensation. Simply stated they get your land and you get it up the wazoo. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Peterson Posted January 25, 2017 Posted January 25, 2017 3 hours ago, Gator said: The government says it needs your property more then you do, so they can just take it and give you what they think is fair compensation. Aren't you forgetting where we are my Friend Jack. Morning All 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gator Posted January 25, 2017 Posted January 25, 2017 19 minutes ago, Jack Peterson said: Aren't you forgetting where we are my Friend Jack. Morning All Sorry if I wasn't clear - I meant the US government. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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