Several environmental groups, however, opposed the project and in 1993 the Manila City Council passed Ordinance no.

74 series of 2019, as well as succeeding representations made by the Philippine Reclamation Authority on the completion of documentary requirements and concurrences of the relevant government agencies.

[3] The development is expected to generate PHP 50 billion in revenues and create 500,000 additional jobs once the PRA issues a notice to proceed to the project.

[2][1][5] Construction was targeted to start in the early 2019,[6] but dredging and reclamation works only began in January 2023.

Instead, they propose that the government should seek the rehabilitation and improvement of the bay, before focusing on any reclamation projects.