The Supreme Court (SC) has received 25 hectares of land from the Department of Transportation (DOTr) in Bambang, Bulacan that will serve as the new site of the judicial complex.
In a media interview on Friday, Justice Jose Midas Marquez said the Bulacan property is bigger than the area in Taguig City where the SC initially planned to build the complex.
The SC is hoping to start the construction by 2025.
The property is part of the concession agreement between the government through the DOTr and San Miguel Aerocity, Inc. (SMAI), where the latter will donate 100 hectares to the government to comprise the Government Center Land Area in Bulacan.
The high court entered into a memorandum of agreement (MOA) with the DOTR and SMAI on Sep. 19. Under the MOA, the DOTr shall transfer the property allocated to the Supreme Court.
The state-of-the-art judicial complex will house the SC, Court of Appeals, Sandiganbayan and Court of Tax Appeals.
