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The most expensive megaprojects from the Philippines in our catalogue

The 9 most expensive of 9 built and under-construction megaprojects in the Philippines in the BudgetGuessr catalogue, ranked by documented cost in US dollars.

Ranking

  1. 1Construction of Balagtas station in 2022 along P. Atienza Street, Longos, Balagtas boundary - Sitio Karuyan, Longos - boundary Santa Cruz Subdivision Burol 1, Balagtas (where the New Balagtas Station is 90% finished); featuring also is the Old pre-WWII NIA irrigation structures canals along the alley and the Ipomoea aquatica plantations in the Philippines - paddy fields)

    North鈥揝outh Commuter Railway

    Railway$15.19 billionEstimate
  2. 2President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. on Wednesday described the ongoing construction of the Metro Manila Subway project, which spans from Valenzuela City to the Ninoy Aquino International Airport in Pasay City, as impressive and expressed hope that it can be completed by 2028.

    Manila Line 9 (Metro Manila Subway)

    2025 路 Railway$8.49 billionUnder constructionEstimate
  3. 3Bataan Nuclear powerplant building

    Bataan Nuclear Power Plant

    1984 路 Energy$2.3 billion
  4. 4MRT-7 trains parked along Commonwealth Avenue 2021

    Manila Line 7

    2026 路 Railway$1.34 billionUnder constructionEstimate
  5. 5Upload Wizard photos of - - Pan-Philippine Highway[1] or Daang Maharlika - along the scenic and most beautiful Subic鈥揅lark鈥揟arlac Expressway SCTEX [2] taken from a UV Van Express going to Balanga, Bataan, moving vehicle photography of the amazing scenery of hills and mountains, Sierra Madre Mountain ranges, Central Luzon to Dinalupihan exit at Dinalupihan, Bataan [3] exit going to Layac, Dinalupihan, Bataan.

    Subic-Clark-Tarlac Expressway

    2008 路 Road or highway$598.54 million
  6. 6MAKATI, METRO MANILA

    Grand Hyatt Manila

    2011 路 Skyscraper$300 million
  7. 7Toppgraphic Map of Laiban and Kaliwa Dam Watershed.

    New Centennial Water Source-Kaliwa Dam Project

    2023 路 Dam$219.3 millionUnder constructionEstimate
  8. 8Iloilo International Airport Panorama

    Iloilo International Airport

    2007 路 Airport$190.69 million
  9. 9The San Juanico Bridge connecting Leyte and Samar

    San Juanico Bridge

    1973 路 Bridge$22 million

How this ranking works

This is a curated catalogue, not an exhaustive list of every megaproject. Projects are ordered by their recorded US-dollar equivalent; each detail page shows the source amount and any currency conversion. Figures are not adjusted for inflation, and construction bills, estimates, and programme costs can have different scopes. Unbuilt proposals and cancelled projects are excluded.

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