San Miguel can build Boracay-Caticlan bridge in 2 years: Ang

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<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2018/news/07/11/boracay.jpg"/><figcaption>Boatmen are shown near the shore of Puka Beach in western Boracay. <em>Fernando Sepe Jr., ABS-CBN News</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>MANILA -- San Miguel Corp can build a bridge between Boracay Island and Caticlan in 2 years, said its president Ramon Ang, adding the conglomerate was ready to submit its proposal to government.</p><p>The concrete bridge will cost P3 billion and San Miguel expects a return on investment in 10 to 15 years, Ang said. Tourists at present get to Boracay from the Aklan mainland only by ferry.</p><p>San Miguel unit TransAire Development Holdings Corp renovated the Caticlan Airport, which was opened to jet aircraft for the first time in 2016.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="http://news.abs-cbn.com/business/11/23/16/boracay-airport-now-open-to-jet-flights">Boracay Airport now open to jet flights</a></li></ul><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="http://news.abs-cbn.com/business/04/05/18/san-miguels-ang-proposes-caticlan-to-boracay-bridge">San Miguel&#x27;s Ang proposes Caticlan to Boracay bridge</a></li></ul><p>&quot;We think we can build the bridge within 2 years. All concrete. Passable ang ilalim ng barko (Ships can pass below). It can handle sewage and all solid waste,&quot; he said.</p><p>The government shuttered Boracay for 6 months from late April to give way to a massive cleanup.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="http://news.abs-cbn.com/business/04/26/18/closing-time-in-boracay-as-6-month-shutdown-begins">&#x27;Closing Time&#x27; in Boracay as 6-month shutdown begins</a></li></ul><div><strong>-- Warren de Guzman, ABS-CBN News</strong></div>

<p>The concrete bridge, the first to connect the tourist island to the Aklan mainland, will cost P3 billion and San Miguel expects a return on investment in 10 to 15 years, Ang said.</p>

The concrete bridge, the first to connect the tourist island to the Aklan mainland, will cost P3 billion and San Miguel expects a return on investment in 10 to 15 years, Ang said.

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San Miguel can build Boracay-Caticlan bridge in 2 years: Ang

San Miguel can build Boracay-Caticlan bridge in 2 years: Ang

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Published Jul 11, 2018 10:23 AM PHT

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