One-Hectare Underground Parking in Dumaguete City

I think you are confusin Quezon park downtown with Rizal park near the capital, which it too far from downtown to help much.

 

I thinki the park is over a hectare

 

Sounds good in Theory but and there is always a but, I would hope that they will get all the papers in order as we have seen at times they do not actually own what they think they own, I refer to a Basket Ball Court in the outer City that was gifted to the City but never documented and now is a House Build. it had been a Court for 40+ years and on the death of the father the land was reclaimed. We now know that one side of the road where a bridge collapsed was privately owned now there may be a problem on that issue so my meaning was nothing here seems to be as it seems so some digging and verification really does need to be done. The Actual Area for Parking seems Ok as I read it but what about Access. stairways, pay Booths? As with many things I see and hear over the last 15 years, I "Won't" hold my Breath. Think Airports!

 

Good discussions here... Feedbacks like these can really help the planners consider different scenarios if they read these...

 

If it was designed as a pay parking area then it may work, as in 20 pesos per hour, which would help with the cost of construction and maintenance, but in other countries the city would not get involved with that. The mayor would designate a spot zoned as "parkade"use and let private companies build it, make a profit, and pay taxes.

 

Actually it is. Since the project is under PPP program, the city will not spend on the project but a foreign investor that will recover their expenses and of course profit on it through parking fees and other revenue source that will come with the facility. I really do think the mayor knows what to do. It's up for the people around him to support fully and do their best to make this happen.

 

We'll I'm pretty sure the government owns the City Hall area and Quezon Park... And a private house can be built on top of the underground parking.. But great point here... People has to know who owns what...

 

Thanks for the info.... Been to both places once... but until now, I mix up the two places or conjoin their names... cheers!