Small steps, big impact

State of the art: New Clark City is designed to become the Philippines’ first smart and green metropolis with driverless cars, sprawling parks and disaster-proof infrastructure. — AECOM

DRIVERLESS cars, sprawling parks, a state-of-the-art railway and disaster-proof infrastructure. These are just some of the highly anticipated features of New Clark City, a flagship project in the US$180bil (RM750bil) “Build, Build, Build” infrastructure agenda of the Philippines. Located 100km north of Metro Manila, New Clark City is designed to become the country’s first smart and green metropolis – an antidote to the pollution and congestion of the hyper-dense capital region.

Across Asia, including in Asean, dozens of similar eco-cities are being built from the ground up.