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DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES

The identified strategies target the aim of providing basic urban services of Taytay, consistent
with its vision of providing for the enhanced quality of life while addressing the need for
environmental sustainability in the midst of urban expansion.

PEDESTRIANIZATION

Pedestrianization is direct service for the urban population of providing walkable streets and
sidewalks along all public roads and designing public facilities as to make them safe and easy to
navigate by walking. This feature of new urbanism allows for safety and convenience of citizens
using and accessing public facilities. It paves the way for an image towards a sustainable
metropolis where people are disciplined because there are sidewalks and spaces that permit them
to easily navigate through public places.

The pedestrianization of busy area such as the business district and major commercial zones
shall be given priority given the volume of people who access these areas.This will also provide
a walkable circulation within high-rise and dense zones in the municipality.

HEIGHTENED TOURISM COMPANENT

Tourism potential of Taytay may be tapped not only for increased revenue source, but also for
enhanced further progress and development. Taytay’s proximity to Metro Manila is an
advantage for targeting market from the capital region. The municipality can provide just the
appropriate venue for the various needs or whims of Manila urbanities who from time to time
seek out-of-town ambience.

Taytay’s terrain has potential for suitable developments for outdoor and recreational activities.
Some of the tourism destination that may be promoted are the Tres Escalon Falls Club Manila
East Resort. These, among other existing attractions, and proposed developments like the Taytay
Sports Complex and Taytay Mega City Project shall be include in the town’s Integrated Tourism
Development Plan.

URBAN RENEWAL

Urban Renewal is the process where an urban neighborhood or area is improved and
rehabilitated. The renewal process can include constructing new, up-to-date housing, or adding
urban expansion features. Urban renewal is often part of the gentrification process. Taytay’s
CBD. The old public market, and the old municipal hall that should be revitalized to provide an
urban uplift to Taytay’s commercial zones, attract investors, and provide a perception of safety
and security to both customers and Taytay residents.
NEW URBANISM

New Urbanism is an urban design movement applicable for Taytay’s residential and even mixed-
use communities. The concept promotes walkable neighborhoods that contain a range of housing
and job types. It put Taytay at the forefront of ideal community living in an urban environment:

1. The neighborhood has a discernible center. This is often a square or a green and
sometimes a busy or memorable street corner. A transit stop would be located at this
center.
2. Most of dwellings are within a five-minutes walk of center.
3. There are a variety of dwelling types – usually houses, rowhouses, and apartments – so
that younger and older people, singles and families, the poor and the wealthy may find
places to live.
4. At the edge of the neighborhood, there are shops and offices of sufficiently varies types
to supply the weekly needs of a household.
5. A small ancillary building or garage apartment is permitted within the backyard of each
house. It may be used as a rental unity or place to work (for example, an office or craft
workshop).
6. An elementary school is close enough so that most children can walk from their home.
7. There are small playgrounds accessible to every dwelling – not more that a tenth of a
mile away.
8. Streets within the neighborhood from a connected network, which disperses traffic by
providing a variety of pedestrian and vehicular routes to any destination.
9. The streets are relatively narrow and shaded by row of trees. This slows traffic, creating
an environment suitable for pedestrian and bicycles.
10. Building in the neighborhood center are places close to the street, creating a well-defined
outdoor room.
11. Parking lots and garage doors rarely front the street. Parking is relegated to the rear of
buildings, usually accessed by alleys.

CLIMATECHANGE MITIGATION,FLOOF CONTROL, DISASTER RISK REDUCTION

The Taytay’s territorial jurisdiction are mostly located on low-lying and prone to flooding areas.
The natural drainage system comprising rivers, creeks, streams, and the Laguna De Bay,
contributes to the perennial flooding problem of the municipality. The flooding in Laguna De
Bay coastal area of Taytay is caused by the rise of its water level during rainy season. The more
than 90,000 hectare largest fresh water like in South Asia is the catch basin of vast areas
comprising the Laguna Lake basin that comprised portions of the Provinces of Rizal, Laguna,
Cavite, and Metro Manila. It draws big volume of surface run-offs during rainy season that
resulted to the inundation of its coastal areas. Likewise, the lake continue to become shallower
due to heavy siltation brought by its many river tributaries, in addition to the tons of garbage that
found its depository in the lake and its tributaries.

The immediate areas near and/or adjacent to the rivers/creeks/streams traversing the Taytay
territory are already developed thereby resulting to erosion and siltation. Hence during heavy
downpours, surface run offs already includes loose soil from the upland that aggravates the
town’s flooding.

Additionally, the neighboring vast and rapidly urbanizing upland areas in Antipolo City drains
its surface run-offs going in the water bodies traversing into the Municipality of Taytay that
further aggravated the Taytay’s already big volume of surface run-offs that has to be drained
itself.

Flood control, climate change mitigation, and disaster risk reduction should always be
addressed and included in the proper planning of the local government’s programs and project
and activities.

INCREADES ROAD CONNECTIVITY AND MOBILITY

The proposed major infrastructure projects of Taytay are designed to increase road linkages. To
achieve this, new roads will be constructed, existing road networks will be rehabilitated and
widened, and bridges will be rehabilitated (upgrading and widening) to increase mobility for
purpose of businesses, commercial establishments, industries and residence.

TRAFFIC REDUCTION AND DISPERSAL SCHEMES

To fully maximize the road network in Taytay, and to have a more manageable traffic
conditions, the local government unit is encouraged to conduct dialogues with stakeholders
(transport sector, businesses, academe, churches, among others) in order assess the current traffic
situation and inform the public of the actions plans, programs and projects that could be
implemented. This shall become the basis for a sound traffic reduction plan for the municipality.
The identification and analysis of different circulation system, ingress and egress point , and
traffic choke should address the problems in this sectors in order to fully serve the current and
future transportation demand of Taytay.

Transit-Oriented Development

The Local Government of Taytay will undertake some rehabilitation and road widening projects,
build pedestrian friendly infrastructures and facilities, install necessary safety road signages and
rehabilitate necessary bridges to decongest the main arteries of the municipality facilitate the
ease of travel of goodsand delivery of services to the people and intensity the commercial
developments along these effected areas.

Redevelopment of Depressed and Blighted Communities

Taytay could optimize its identified socialized housing area along the Manggahan Floodway
and at Lupang Arenda to achieve the redevelopment of blighted communities. This politically-
charged endeavor would greatly impact on the desired urban form of Taytay during the planning
period. A strong political will is necessary not to tolerate informal settlements but the local
government should be able to provide a decent community for the landless. The socialized
housing strategies are also means for leveling of socio-economic disparities in the municipality.

Augmentation of Land Availability

With Taytay’s increasing population is the increased need for urban spaces, hence, the need for
land supply management strategies through infilling of vacant lands, densification, mixed use
development or urban redevelopment.

Densification is done by increasing the density or floor-area ratios (FAR) of buildings. This is
ideal at high density commercial zones or at the central business district where land values are
high and where population during daytime is also high.

Through mixed-use development, the strategy or urban redevelopment can be adopted by


converting blighted areas to mixing residential and commercial uses which increases the density
of both uses. Another type of mixed use is between tourism development area. The Lakeshore
Development Area as a PUD will also employ this mixed-use strategy.

Safeguard Against Urban Sprawl

While the desired urban form by end of the planning period is made through the above
strategies, uncontrolled urban sprawl is also avoided. This is further achieved through proper
zoning and also mixing compatible uses. One advantage of safeguarding against sprawl is the
reduced dependence on vehicles.

Sustainable Development
The sustainable development component in Taytay’s mission as embodied in the objective of
promoting growth that is environmentally sustainable can be implemented through the following
strategies:

a. Environmental Consideration- In the development allowed in the upland areas which are
prone to erosion, the municipality could impose the allowable uses and the development
shall be limited to low intensity.
b. Disaster Mitigation and Risk Reduction- through the creation of ecologically sensitive and
flood-mitigating structures; This is also employed by prohibiting high intensity uses in areas
susceptible to such dangers as flooding and erosion
c. Creation of Linear Parks- along the berms of Manggahan Floodway and the Laguna De Bay
coastal area. This strategy relates to flood risk reduction through low intensity (linear parks)
on waterway easements.
d. Relocation of informal settler along the berms of the Manggahaqn Floodway and the danger
zones in Lupang Arenda.
e. Creation of Greenwalls
f. Materials Recovery Facilities- every barangay shall have at least one operational MRF and a
system for proper solid waste collection and disposal.
g. Backyard Composting and Farming- to reduces the volumes of biodegradable solid wastes,
and for the sustainability at the household level includes improvement of food security
through backyard farming or urban agriculture.
h. Climate-Proof Structures- this strategy is a means to address the citizens vulnerability to
disasters such as flooding, land slide, and earthquake.
i. Green-Building Technology- the use of rain water collectors for public and private
structures being applied for a Building Permit should be utilized.

Decongestion of Poblacion Central Business District

The strategy of decongesting the Poblacion/Central Business District (CBD) is done by


introducing other growth nodes. The Conceptual Plan for Taytay for the planning period, these
urban growth nodes are identified as those areas along major thoroughfares emanating from the
core, which is the CBD (refer to Figure Conceptual Plan). These identified growth nodes are
along the Manila East Road, C-6 Highway 2000, Rizal Avenue, and Ortigas Avenue Extension.

SECTORAL DEVELOPMENT

PHYSICAL/INFRASTRASTRUCTURE RESOSOURCES

Transportation Network
Situationer

The present road network in Municipality of Taytay is composed of national, provincial,


municipal and barangay administered networks with atotal length of 133.30 kms. These roads
are mostly in fairly good pavement (concrete and asphalt) condition.

The new major road being constructed in circumferential road 6 or C-6, while Rizal Eastlake
Development (RED) that will open up new development (reclamation) coastal mixed-use urban
(commercial, residential, among others) land use development covering the lakeshore areas of
Taytay, Angono and Binangonan. It is proposed in the RED Project some 900 hectares land
reclamation with 300 hectares for each of the abovementioned LGU.

Development Needs

1. Construction of new roads and bridges


2. Rehabilitation and road widening projects.
3. Construction of pedestrian bridges and waiting sheds and drop off and loading bays/areas
especially on the vicinity of school compound.
4. Removal of illegal structures (sidewalk and street vendors, tricycle terminals,etc.) within the
road right-of-way (RROW)
5. Formulate a Municipal Road Network and Traffic Management Development Plan
(MRNTMDP) in order to identify/establish the appropriate traffic management solutions
such as the following:
a. Towing/apprehension if illegal parked vehicles
b. Non-issuance/renewal of business permit to establish without parking spaces for its
costumers
c. Designation of specific routes/areas/streets that tricycles should operate
d. Identification of public and pay parking areas such as the kalayaan park.
6. Installation of street lighting, road signages and other accessories.

Goals

The main goal is to develop plans, programs and projects for roads and bridges that shall
support the urbanization of Taytay.

Located at the center of Taytay Land is the urban core or central business district where high-
density commercial use is concentrated. This core covering the areas around the intersection of
Manila East Road, Rizal Avenue and highway 2000 is where the urban corridor will extend
form and expand. The development direction will be along Rizal Avenue, Manila East Road,
Ortigas Extensin and Ynares Road.
A commercial growth node is seen to come from the Lakeshore Development Area are
identified as a planned unit development where mixed uses of land are to be sited. Population
growth nodes are found at the boundaries to adjacent towns, particularly where the town meets
Cainta at the North, Pasig at the east, and Angono at the south. Tourism development area is
adjacent to the modern CBD where mixed-use development for recreation, convention, and
commercial complex is planned. These characteristics describe the direction for inevitable and
fast-paced urbanization of Taytay which is on the position for becoming a component city for
the Province of Rizal.

For the planning period 2010-2020,the proposed land use allows for a significant commercial
development of Taytay. The commercial land use is proposed to rise by almost 10 percent,
accounting for over 400 hectares additional allocation for commercial developments. The
significant addition is consistent with Taytay government’s urban expansion and growing needs
for services as population grows and also to accommodate the businesses in line with the
municipality’s economic potentials. The Lakeshore Development Projects as an additional zone
for the planning period reflects this direction of urban expansion.

FUNCTIONAL ROLE OF THE MUNICIPALITY

In the province of Rizal during the last few decades, Taytay has always been identified as
among the places where industrialization and urbanization will be vastly concentrated, among
the towns of Antipolo, Cainta, and Binangonan. As one of the urban centers of province, taking
advantage of its gateway position, it has an active economic sector in commerence and industry,
contributing to revenue for the province.

The potential trend for identifying institutional facilities has started inTaytay,being the first in
the province to construct multi-level school buildings. This sort of a strategy for urban supply
management, which is also tantamount to increasing FAR is a preferable measure for dealing
with limited available land surface in urban areas.

Taytay is also set to be new set of sports development in Rizal with the proposed Taytay Sports
Complex to be funded by the provincial government. The state of art facility is eyed tobe
located proximate to Laguna Lake where one of the commercial growth nodes is identified.

COMPARATIVE/COMPETITUVE ADVANTAGES

The natural landscape of Taytay with its aesthetic terrains is an advantage that offers
possibilities for economic and environmental benefits. Being at the gateway of West Rizal and
the cities of Pasig and Taguig makes it an ideal location for economic potentials. This is
complemented withhigh number of/and young labor force.
With its strategic location, Taytay is a hotspot for bug business investments, as has been
demonstrated by the recent rise in commercial infrastructure developments, paving the way for
increased income qualification in its bid for cityhood.

The presence of recreational and attractions like festivals is a strength for the tourism industry
of the municipality.

As among the riches municipalities in the Philippines, Taytay has a healthy financial capability,
as signified by a growing income reflected in its financial reports from recent year.

A considerable factor for Taytay’s competitive advantage is also drawn from external
opportunities planned in its land. Thus includes mostly infrastructure developments such as the
C-6 Circumferential Road to link Bulacan in the north and Laguna in the south. The ambitious
Taguig Mega City project as an industrial hub that extends to 200- hectares portion of Taytay’s
lakeshore development will bring about intense economic opportunities. The Rizal Eastlake
Development project will spur further economic development for the municipality with a
300land reclamation project component in the territorial area of Taytay on the shorelines of
Laguna Lake.

An electric power substation planned to be built in Antipolo will ease the load of the Taytay
substation as host to one of the substations serving the increasing load demand in Metro Manila.

There are national project in the pipeline particularly from the Department of Public Works and
Highways to mitigate the flooding in Metro Manila and its environs. These project are the
construction of Marikina Dam, the Pasig-Marikina River Channel Improvement Project
(PMRCIP), the Laguna Lakeshore Ring Road Dike, and the East Manggahan Floodway Project.
All these would benefit Taytay as it would solve the persistent flooding problem in the locality.

The Impending cityhood of the planning area poses advantage in terms of an increased revenue
allotment from the national government and a representation in the Congress that can translate
to increased funds for development project.

WEAKNESS: PRIORITY ISSUES AND CONCERNS

Existing weakness in Taytay that have evident for decades include the presence of areas prone
to flooding and liquefaction due to its proximity to the Laguna Lake. Although this issue is
something that could have been addressed long ago, there could have been lack of political will
and/or capital for investing in infrastructure project to this end until a great disaster such as that
caused by typhoon Ondoy in 2009 has made it to be realized as a priority concern.
Another long-standing issue is the presence of informal settlements in all barangays, and most
especially along Manggahan Floodway which is a danger area being susceptibly high for
flooding. The settlements along the floodway is connected to other issues such as water
pollution and drainage clogging.

An observed drawback from the rapid growth in the CBD and its peripheries is the resulting
visual clutter and lack of aesthetic architecture as congestion could possibly worsen with the
present growth trend. This existing weakness could become a threat to cause physical blight if a
plan for future urban expansion will not be considered, such as through opening of alternative
growth centers.

Even with Taytay,s thrust of intensifying it commercial and industrial potential, the further
reduction of its agricultural land area and the dwindling fishing industry and other primary
activities are a threat to one of its objective towards sustainable development. It is deal that
growth can be promoted that is sustainable in terms of food security, self-sufficiency, and
ecological balance. If there would be more built up areas than its carrying capacity could hold,
no economic success could make up for environmental damage that might happen, as associated
ham is usually irreparable. It should be noted that conversion of an agricultural land to urban use
is irreversible.

The identified objective of promoting the sash and garment industry of taytay is threatened by
the emergence of imported cheap garments and furniture that rival the local goods. This could
lose Taytay’s distinction as the country’s woodworks and garments capital, which could
otherwise have been optimized as an economic potential.

The bid for cityhood, though recognized as a comparative advantage, causes some reservation
for the municipality in terms of increase in taxes, becoming such as threat to taxpayers.

THE CONCEPT

The conceptual plan highlights the urban core, two growth nodes (commercial and
residential), two integral areas (dense areas and tourism development area), and identifies
the development direction.

DEVELOPMENT DIRECTION – Taytay, strategically located at the gateway to the east and
significantly proximate to Metro Manila, is agglomerated by the rapid development in the
North, South, East and West. The cainta and angono boundaries expose Taytay as a
residential alternative for the BPO (Business process outsourcing) and contact center
workers in cainta and the urban professionals in Metro Manila. The lakeshore Development
in Taguig will also extend to Taytay , Further catalyzing the Municipality’s commercial
development potentials. Likewise, the municipality’s center business district will expand
for further developments as main roads are widened an new roads are constructed from
the core.

URBAN CORE- The primary urban core is characterized by commercial, business, trade and
services. The core has always been the primary or commercial node of Taytay and where
facilities and services will further increase as well as other highly intensive commercial
land uses to provide the needs of a growing and modernizing municipality and to
accommodate new business investments both at the municipality and provincial levels. AS
the urban core also stands the historical site of the historical site of the old Central
Business District of the municipality, it is also home to both the historical Poblacion and the
inner business and commercial core that has been the traditional site of predominantly
institutional, commercial, and business land uses in The Municipality. Thus, Urban renewal
comes along with promoting the core and its corridor

URBAN CORRIDOR- the urban core extends for further developments creating movement
and opportunities for mixed used and commerce. The urban corridor accommodates a
broad range of mobility options to improve access to jobs, services, entertainment and
Recreation, now and in the future.

COMMERCIAL GROWTH NODE- Existing commerce and business pave the way for
expansion. As main roads are being widened and commercial areas are further developed,
these areas become commercial growth nodes and become catalysts for commercial
development.

POPULATION GROWTH NODE- Boundaries to the other metropolitan areas have vest
opportunities for residential development as the population grows.

DENSE AREAS – Areas with highly dense population, particularly with the informal sector,
are very important considerations in planning as these socioeconomic, humanitarian and
cultural behaviors are concerned.

TOURISM DEVELOPMENT –With the emergence of the Club Manila East, Taytay is now put
on the map as world-class tourist spot. This opportunity should further be promoted,
developed and in essence become integral in Taytay’s framework plans.
The increase in the areas for residential and commercial uses is consistent with the Taytay
Municipal Government’s plan for urban expansion and growing needs for commercial
services as population grows, and also to accommodate the business in line with the
municipality’s strong economic potentials. With the widening of the circumferential. Road 6
(C-6), including the Barkadahan Bridge, that directly links Taytay, Rizal to the South Luzon
Expressway (SLEX), F\further development in terms of economic and infrastructures are
expected to invite more investments for the municipality. It will result to additional
revenues, employment and other business opportunities, among others.

For a more specified land use and zoning of Taytay’s land area, the land use intensities for
Residential, Commercial, Industrial, and agricultural are necessary for subdividing the
categories into sub-zones for a more detailed policies in the implementation of the CLUP
and ZO. The Residential classification should be classified into Low Density Residential
Zone (R-1), and Medium Density Residential Zone (R-2). R-1 zone are those areas located
in the upland of the municipality which are prone to soil erosion and landslides which
could cause siltation on the town’s waterways. The housing subdivision and/or
communities already and currently established on the date the new Zoning Ordinance is
enacted, and which were already given a Development Permit under the R-2 categories,
should be allowed to continue to operate. However those new housing division whose
site/s are within the R-1 Zone that will be applied foe development permit after the
approval of the amended Zoning Ordinance should be processed as R-1. This strategy is to
reduce the surface run-offs that aggravating the flooding in the lowland areas of Taytay.

The Commercial and Industrial land use and zoning classification are further divided into
two sub-zones namely Minor(C-1) and Major Commercial (C-2) Zones, as well as Light
Industrial (I-1) and Medium Industrial (I-2) Zones, respectively.

Table 22 shows the breakdown of each zone and it’s percentage of the total area.

Proposed Land Use and Zoning Classification Area Percentage


(Hectares)
Agricultural Zone (AGZ) 70.03 1.81%
Agricultural Zone (AGZ-SAFDZ) 157.00 4.05%
Low Density Residential Zone (R-1) 810.36 20.89%
Medium Density Residential Zone (R-2) 1,236.56 31.87%
Socialized Housing Zone (SH-Z) 239.91 6.18%
Minor Commercial Zone (C-1) 94.29 2.43%
Major Commercial Zone (C-2) 120.20 5.42%
Light Industrial Zone (I-1) 127.95 3.30%
Medium Industrial Zone (I-2) 11.16 0.29%
General Institution Zone (GIZ) 53.98 1.39%
Cemetery/Memorial Park Zone (C/MP-Z) 27.85 0.75%
Parks and Recreational Zone (PR-Z) 12.18 0.31%
Quarry Zone (Q-Z) 29.06 0.75%
Utilities Services Zone (US-Z) 20.83 0.54%
Water Zone (W-Z) 65.64 1.69%
*Roads and Open Spaces 751.00 19.36%
TOTAL 3,880.00 100.00%
*Not as a land use category, but only for purpose of tallying the total area.

The table above shows that the biggest zone is the Medium Density Residential Zone or R-2
comprising 31.87% of Taytay’s total land area in the proposed zoning map. This is followed
by two more residential zones – Low Density Residential Zone or R-1 (810.36 hectares for
20.89%) and the socialized Housing zone or SH-Z (239.91 Hectares for 6.18%). The
remaining patches of agricultural land which are already surrounded by housing
subdivisions and communities has a high threats for change in its land use considering that
these areas are located in flat areas and in the lands are already having a high commercial
value.

For the proposed Rizal Eastlake Development (RED), a reclamation project being proposed
to the Rizal Provincial Government on the shorelands of the municipality along its
municipal waters of Laguna Lake, it is in the category of Planned Unit Development (PUD)
Zone. The proposal is considered in the updating of the CLUP and ZO. It will reclaim some
300 hectares within the territorial jurisdiction of Taytay, Rizal. However, it will be
occupying the area intended for Strategic Agricultural and Fisheries Development Zone or
SAFDZ.

Another significant increases in this re-zoning is on the Minor or Major Commercial Zones
(C-1 and C-2), which ar anticipated in view of the on-going widening of the circumferential
road 6 (C-6), including tha additional lanes for Barkadahan Bridge. A strip of 100 meter
both sides could be allocated for C-2 and C-1 land uses.

This zoning will significantly alter the urban landscape of Taytay especially in the proposed
central business districts, considering the characteristics vertical developments allowed for
the zone.

The Light and Medium Industrial Zones (I-1 and I-2) are also expected to increase once the
widened C-6 becomes operational. The area for General Institution Zone (GIZ) is also
expected to increase as it is dependent on the population increase.

withstanding

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