Dads urge Davao City gov’t to fast track food terminal project

DAVAO CITY, July 5 (PNA) -- The Davao City Council has asked City Hall to create a working group to study the long-stalled establishment of the Davao Food Terminal.

The proposed Davao Food Terminal is part of the agricultural productivity and employment generation program of the city government.

City Councilor Leonardo Avila said other cities in the Davao region may beat Davao City in setting up a food terminal if the city will not act on it soon.

Avila said Tagum City Mayor Rey Uy told the Regional Development Council (RDC) during its recent meeting his city will set up its own food terminal if Davao City is not serious about its proposed food terminal.

The Davao City food terminal was proposed during the 13th city council by then city councilor Mabel Robillo. It was proposed to be located at the 24-hectare property of the National Development Corporation (NDC), formerly owned by the Davao Ramie Textile Corporation (Daratex) in Toril district, this city.

There were initial discussions between the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), NDC, and local government officials but the project has not taken off.

The food terminal is envisioned to be a complex of manufacturing, trading and export centers for agricultural produce in the region.