The South Road Properties (SRP), also known as the South Reclamation Project, is a 300 hectare island-type reclamation area located off the coast of the southern district of

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, near Barangays Mambaling, Inayawan, and Pasil. It spans from the shore of mainland Cebu to Kawit Point (formerly Kawit Island). It is connected from mainland Cebu by the Cebu South Coastal Road and the Mambaling Access Road (officially the F. Vestil Street).

History

In the late 1980s, then

mayor

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proposed reclaiming the sea between mainland Cebu City and Kawit Island (a former quarantine facility during the American rule). In 1991, the project was approved as part of the Metro Cebu Development Project, a study financed by the Japanese

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fund. It was originally envisioned to house

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but eventually evolved into a mixed-used development. The project started civil works in 1997, and was financed by a (equivalent to about in 2022) loan provided by the Japan Bank for International Cooperation. Works finished in 2002.

Developments

City di Mare

City di Mare (formerly "Citta de Mare", roughly translates into "city by the sea" in

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) is a mixed-used development in SRP, owned and developed by Filinvest. The whole area takes up a total of , the largest development in SRP by land area. The whole development is expected to consist of mid-to-high-rise residential buildings, office buildings, and a mall by the sea, named Il Corso (means "The Course" in Italian).

Nustar Resort & Casino

Nustar Resort & Casino, formerly known as Isla dela Victoria (

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for ''Victory's Island''), is a resort and casino facility located on the site of the former Kawit Island (now Kawit Point). The development has a total land area of . The project, which is expected to include restaurants, bars, a mall, convention center, casino, park, theater, and at least three hotels, is a joint venture of the Cebu City government and Universal Hotels and Resorts Inc., a subsidiary of

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. Some parts of the project, including the casino, had a soft opening in May 2022.

SM Seaside

SRP's most popular development is the

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complex. The whole development takes up a total of . The complex features the SM Seaside mall (the biggest shopping mall in Cebu), a observation tower, a marine theme park, and a chapel. The complex is also expected to include a school, a hospital, office buildings, and condominiums. The whole development is expected to cost 30 billion.

South Coast City

Standing on the old San

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Template Grounds, where the final mass of the 2016 International Eucharistic Congress was held, is South Coast City. A mixed-used project developed by

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and

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, it launched in 2020, and will include mixed-used commercial blocks, an arena, a convention center, a central park, residential buildings, and office buildings, among others.

Infrastructure

Current infrastructure

Cebu South Coastal Road

The whole reclamation area is served by a two-way, six-lane divided road called the Cebu South Coastal Road (CSCR) which is a national road. The CSCR, which traverses the whole of SRP and connects Talisay to downtown Cebu City, also serves as an alternative road to the congested Natalio Bacalso Avenue. A large part of the boulevard has the

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on its eastern side and a large array of developments on its western side. The reclamation area is connected to downtown Cebu City through the Cebu City South Coastal Road Viaduct along the Cebu South Coastal Road. The entire road forms part of National Route 840 (N840) for the

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F. Vestil Street

The F. Vestil Street is a long, four-lane road which connects the SRP with Barangay Mambaling in mainland Cebu City. The road starts from the intersection with Natalio Bacalso Avenue under the Mambaling Flyover, which shortly leads up to an intersection with L. Gabuya Street and C. Padilla Street before terminating at the Cebu South Coastal Road. The road, which was previously unnamed, was and is also informally known as the Mambaling Access Road. On January 15, 2015, the road was formally named as F. Vestil Street, in honor of Francisco Vestil, a Mambaling native who was the flagbearer for the Philippines at the 1948 Summer Olympics and was a member of the Philippine basketball team that competed then.

Cebu–Cordova Link Expressway

The Cebu–Cordova Link Expressway (CCLEX) connects the municipality of Cordova on

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and Cebu City through the Cebu South Coastal Road. The CCLEX is the third bridge linking mainland Cebu and Mactan Island. It is the first toll expressway in the Philippines outside

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and, at long, is also the longest sea-crossing bridge in the Philippines, surpassing the

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. It opened on April 2022.

South Road Properties Tunnel

The SRP Tunnel is a two-way, four-lane dual carriageway, and is the first road

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in the

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. It began construction in 2006 and was inaugurated in 2010. Much like the SRP, it was financed by a loan from the Japan Bank for International Cooperation. The tunnel goes under

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and

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and connects the SRP to the North Reclamation Area through the Sergio "Serging" Osmeña Jr. Boulevard. It is a joint construction of the

and Japan governments.

Proposed infrastructure

As the largest remaining developable plot of land in Cebu City, the South Road Properties is being primed for future growth. With this, several infrastructure projects are also set in place to help facilitate this projected growth.

Cebu Bus Rapid Transit System

The Cebu Bus Rapid Transit System is a planned mass transit system for Cebu City. Once completed, it is expected to serve the SRP, and allows for a connection all the way to the

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. The Cebu BRT is also expected to become the first operational bus rapid transit project in the Philippines upon completion.

South Road Properties Roundabout

The SRP Roundabout or the SRP Rotunda is be a proposed 4-lane rotunda. It is located at the junction of the Cebu South Coastal Road and F. Vestil Street. The proposal of the project was approved by the Cebu City council on August 18, 2021. The rotunda project was proposed as to ease the traffic situation in the area and for a shorter route for motorists bound for Mambaling, instead of taking a U-Turn slot under the SRP viaduct. Construction is expected to be completed by 2023.

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