CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY:

BRIDGING THE GREAT DIVIDE

OUTLINE OF PRESENTATION
• City Profile
• Transport and Environment Management
Context
• Description of Specific Programs
• Successes Achieved
• Lessons Learned
• Future Directions

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Vision of Cagayan de Oro City
“A peaceful, orderly, livable city with
a modern trading and services center
where there are equal opportunities
for its disciplined citizens
to develop and prosper in a clean and
healthy environment”
environment

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Philippines
Geographical Location

Manila
Manila
810
810 kilometers
kilometers
810
810 kilometers
kilometers
Located along the
Central coast of Mindanao
Palawan
Palawan
Cagayan de Oro
Cagayan de Oro
Zamboanga
Zamboanga
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 Geographical Location
SURIGAO
Iligan-Cagayan-Butuan H-way

Boundaries: BUTUAN
South – Bukidnon Province
East – Tagoloan, Mis. Or. ILIGAN
Tagoloan
Tagoloan MALAYBALAY
West – Opol, Mis. Or. Opol
Opol

Bukidnon
Bukidnon DAVAO
Bukidnon-Davao H-way
Lanao
Lanao 4 hrs
del
del Norte
Norte
COTABATO

Total land area: 48,885 hectares

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 Its people
• Ranked 9th most populous city in the
country with an average growth rate of
4.45%
• Population: 470,000 individuals in 20,000
households (2000 Census)
• 44% of the population are young people
between the ages of 0-17 years old
• Literacy rate: 98.74%

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 Development Challenges
• High poverty incidence (estimated to be at
46%)
• Poor infrastructure development and
management
• Environmental degradation – reduction of
forest cover; solid waste management

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 Key Transport and
Environment Issues
• Rapid growth of vehicles plying the city
• Narrow road with poor pavement conditions
• Limited bridges connecting east and west
districts
• Presence of unauthorized/illegal terminals and
stalled vehicles along restricted streets
• Sidewalk vendors impeding pedestrian traffic
along sidewalks

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 Key Transport and
Environment Issues (con’t.)

• Out of line public transportation vehicles

• Lack of traffic facilities at critical points
• Lack of discipline
• Duplicated lines or service routes of
motorelas

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TRANSPORT AND
ENVIRONMENT MANAGEMENT
CONTEXT
• Long term plans are prepared and
implemented by the city (CLUP 2000,
Physical Framework Plan)
• Key projects from the Local Development
Investment Plan (LDIP) such as terminal
development (east and west) have been
implemented
• Donor-driven implementation

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 Best Practices
• Land Use Strategy to decongest the urban
centers
– Western urban expansion area
– West-uptown urban expansion area
– East uptown urban expansion area
– Eastern urban expansion area

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 Structure Plan

Western Urban Expansion Eastern

Urban
Node

Major Urban Center

Eastern Urban
Growth Center

West-Uptown Urban Expansion

East-Uptown Urban Expansion

Urban Network
 Best Practices (con’t)
• Institutionalization of the Road Traffic
Administration
• Revitalization of the Divisoria Area
– Sidewalk clearing
– Night café
• Bridge development
• River taxi

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 SUCCESSED ACHIEVED
• Marked decrease in the number of buses
in the city center since the opening of the
Westbound Terminal (2000) and
Eastbound Terminal (2001)
• Increased urban amenity
• Air quality has been found out to be
relatively good

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 LESSONS LEARNED
• Although the terminal infrastructure are
now in place, there are still operational
concerns that must be addressed such as
the presence of barkers and undisciplined
drivers and operators
• Government subsidy for terminal
operations
• Choice of a strategic location of terminals
• Need for professionalization of RTA
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 FUTURE DIRECTIONS
To enhance the successes thus achieved,
Cagayan de Oro needs to:
• To develop a clear integrated plan for the
city which would include transport
infrastructure as well as soft mobility
measures
• Continue the strong political will of the
government
• to pursue programs geared towards
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 FUTURE DIRECTIONS
• Elicit strong support from the civil society
and private sector for the programs in
place
• Training of manpower to strengthen
capability

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