The second phase of the Carbon Market reconstruction project will resume next year if the Cebu City Council approves the P150 million allocation that is included in the 2015 annual budget, City Market Administrator Raquel Arce said.
But Arce said the Carbon market reconstruction project will deviate from the original design made during the administration of former mayor Tomas Osmeña.
Instead of putting a ramp that would connect the public market building from Escaño to F. Gozales Streets, the ramp would now be designed to provide vehicle access to the building’s second floor dry goods area and the third floor parking area.
“The ramp is part of phase 2,” Arce said. A bed and bath provision would also be placed on the fourth floor for traders coming from the countryside and those from neighboring provinces to rest and bathe in.
Vendors who are unable to go home for the night now sleep on rented cots placed on the sidewalks. Carbon Market Unit 2 was gutted by fire in 1998.
Market design
Phase 1 of the project worth P170 million which covers the foundation is already complete.
Arce said if the P150 million appropriation in the 2015 budget is approved, they could already start phase 2 next year and finish this before the 2016 election.
They are now waiting for urban planner Adonis Compendio to finish the new market design.
“After completion of the ramp of the parking building, pwede na nato mapasulod sa (we can now allow the entry of) vendors,” she said.
Arce said Unit 2 could accommodate 800 vendors. They would prioritize vendors that occupy modules built along MC Briones Street, Quezon Boulevard, Plaridel extension and Calderon Street.
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