필리핀 라구나 호수 주변 과 리잘 지역 을 연결 하 는 철도 프로 잭 트 Railway project to link Laguna and Rizal By BERNIE CAHILES – MAGKILAManila Buletin , November 17 , 2006 < 내용 요약 > 필리핀 정부 는 라구나 호수 주변 및 리잘 지방 을 약 280 킬로미터 에 달하 는 철 도 및 둑 방 길 을 건설 해서 루손섬 남부 지역 에서 매트 로 마닐라 로 진입 하 는 기존 의 정체 되 는 교통망 의 대체 진입 수단 을 마련 할 것 을 심중 하 게 고려 중 이 다 . 본 프로 잭 트 의 소요 경비 는 약 24 억불 정도 로 추산 된다 . 파나이 철도 회사 가 “ LABART ” 라는 프로 잭 트 의 코디 내이 터 를 맡 을 것 으로 보인다 . 파나이 철도 회사 의 “ 오팰 리아 불라 옹 ” 회장 은 본 프로 잭 트 가 라구나 호수 주변 에 거주 하 고 있 는 800 만 주민 들 에게 직접 적 인 혜택 을 줄 뿐 만 아니 라 주민 , 상품 의 빠른 수송 을 가능 하 게 하 고 , 라구나 호수 의 공해 를 줄일 수 있 다고 역설 했 다 . 본 프로 잭 트 가 성공리 에 끝나 면 , 비콜 및 동부 비사 야지 역 으로 여행 시간 이 한 시간 이상 단축 될 것 으로 보인다 . 본 프로 잭 트 는 “ BOT ” ( Build , Operate , Transfer ) 방식 으로 순차 적 으로 건설 되 며 , 공개 입찰 에 따라 투자자 들 이 참여 할 수 있 도록 할 것 이 다 . The government mulls a 280 - kilometer causeway road and railway project with an estimated cost of $ 2 . 4 billion that would link Laguna and Rizal provinces and open an alternative access that would decongest existing access points to Metro Manila from the south . Panay Railways Inc . would be the coordinator of this project called the Laguna - Rizal Ecological Transport System ( LABART ) . Ofelia Bulaong , chairman of Panay Railways Inc . , stressed that LABART will directly benefit an estimated 8 million people living around the Laguna Lake , faster movement of goods and people and reduce the pollution at Laguna de Bay . Once completed this would shorten travel time to Bicol and eastern Visayas province by at least an hour . In addition , the new intermodal transport system would develop the tourism potential of southern Luzon , especially the Caliraya Lake , forest reserves of Mount Makiling and Mount Banahaw , and tourist spots in the Bicol region . Major project components include a shoreline embankment road , causeway structure , land - based on - grade road and railway , pollution control , water supply , flood control , a container port in Rizal , and the development of the Mauban International port . Bulaong said the project would be constructed in phases and will be bidded out to prospective investors under the build - operate transfer scheme . LABART ’ s network of causeway road and rail would complement with the existing and ongoing projects within the area including the Laguna Lakeshore Drainage and Flood Control Project , a part of the proposed C - 6 road project and the rehabilitation of the Philippine National Railways and South Luzon Expressway . The most important feature of Labart , Bulaong said , is the direct links to C - 5 Road with ongoing extension to Manila Coastal Road and to Ortigas Avenue that connects to Marcos Highway and Aurora Boulevard . Bulaong has made the assurance that LABART should not alter the ecological balance of the lake ’ s watershed areas and more importantly the existing water and other resources . " The project reiterates the idea of development with environment as primary concern , " Bulaong said . In conceptualizing the LABART project , Bulaong said the government recognized the rapid development of Metro Manila but the industrialized provinces of Laguna , Cavite and Batangas are suffering from inadequate effective transport system . Other southern provinces like Rizal , Quezon and Aurora lag behind in economic build up in terms of foreign and local investments for industrialization , commercial and business centers . With LABART , adequate accessibility to the towns and cities surrounding Laguna de Bay to Metro Manila ’ s principal road arteries and railway systems to transform the remaining provinces of CALABARZON , Rizal , Quezon and Aurora , into a progressive industrial and economic powerhouse of the country . ( BCM ) Laguna de Bay is the largest lake in the Philippines and the largest inland freshwater lake in Southeast Asia . It is located in the island of Luzon between the provinces of Laguna to the south and Rizal to the north . Metro Manila lies on its western shore . Its surface area is 949 square kilometers and has an average depth of only about 2 meters . The lake is shaped like a stylized ' W ', with two peninsulas jutting out from the northern shore . Laguna de Bay drains to Manila Bay through the Pasig River . The lake is filled with fish pens installed by fishermen who regularly fish there . There are three islands in the lake , Talim island , which is a part of the towns of Binangonan and Cardona in Rizal province , Calamba island , privately owned and developed into the posh Resort of Calamaba Island , and Los Baños island . [ citation needed ] Laguna de Bay is the Old Spanish term for " Lake of Bay "; Bay ( pronounced as bä ' ï ) is a town in Laguna province . Pulilan is the prehispanic name of the lake according to the 1613 Vocabulario de Lengua Tagala printed in Pila , Laguna Wikipedia