THE SUBIC-CLARK CORRIDOR CONCEPTUAL LAND USE PLAN (SCOLUP)

The Subic-Clark-Tarlac Expressway (SCTEx) is a 94-kilometer four-lane divided expressway situated around 90 kilometers north of the Metropolitan Manila Area (MMA). The SCTEx connects the Subic Bay Freeport Zone (with its 600,000 TEU Container Terminal) at Subic Bay in the southwest, the Clark Freeport and Special Economic Zone with its Diosdado Macapagal International Airport (DMIA) in Pampanga Province, the Haciemda Luisita and the Techno Park in Tarlac City in the northeast.

The Philippines’ newest, and now the longest toll way consists of two major sections. The Subic-Clark section measures 50.5 kilometers while the Clark-Tarlac section has a distance of 43.27 kilometers.

Since the year 2000, the National Government already foresaw the Subic-Clark corridor as the main engine to both regional and national economic growth, having established the Subic-Clark Alliance for Development Council (SCADC or Council) to plan for and implement an integrated and coordinated development of the area. The Council, headed by a cabinet rank Chairman specifically appointed by the President of the Philippines, has for its members the various heads of the government entities which are the key stakeholders and prime movers in the region namely:

Bases Conversion & Development Authority (BCDA); Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA); Clark Development Corporation (CDC); Clark International Airport Corporation (CIAC); Northrail Corporation; and Department of Trade and Industry (DTI).

The SCTEx connects at Clark, Pampanga with another tollway, the North Luzon Expressway (NLEx). The NLEx is the expressway that connects Metro Manila with the northern provinces of Bulacan and Pampanga. The Clark-Tarlac section of the SCTEx approximates the route of the NLEx extension through Tarlac Province, and therefore further improves access between Metro Manila and the North Luzon provinces. The new SCTEx expands the network of toll ways in Luzon and improves access within Central Luzon Region (Region III) as well.

The Project Area

The completed 94-kilometer Subic-Clark-Tarlac Expressway (SCTEx) provides a vital lifeline between three hubs of production and logistics that both government and private sectors are actively pursuing, and which could consequently evolve and merge into a competitive Logistics Corridor in Asia. Aside from boosting the development potentials of the Subic Bay Freeport Zone, the Clark Freeport and Special Economic Zone, and the techno-park in Tarlac City, the SCTEx has also created opportunities for complementary industries along the expressway.

It is in this context that the SCADC initiated the formulation of a SCAD Corridor Conceptual Land Use Plan (SCoLUP) for the rational and sustainable development or preservation of lands along the new tollway. The Conceptual Land Use Plan (CoLUP) of the SCAD Corridor (Corridor) considers 5 kilometers on both sides of the 94-kilometer expressway. It covers 100,000 hectares in thirteen cities and municipalities i.e. Local Government Units (LGUs) in

four provinces which include Subic, Olongapo City, Hermosa, Dinalupihan, Floridablanca, Porac, Mabalacat, Angeles City, Capas, Bamban, Concepcion, Tarlac City, and La Paz. The four provinces traversed by the SCTEx are Zambales, Bataan, Pampanga, and Tarlac (Figure 1.2 SCAD Corridor). Since the Physical Framework Plan encompasses a corridor area much larger than the Project Area, the plan will also tackle in broad strokes certain key linkages that are critical to the Project Area’s intended evolution.

https://scad.gov.ph/scolup/