WHEREAS, the Construction and Development Corporation of the Philippines (CDCP), now Philippine National Construction Corporation (PNCC), entered into a contract with the Republic of the Philippines represented by the then Department of Public Highways (DPH), now Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) dated 20 November 1973 for the construction of the Manila-Cavite Coastal Road and the reclamation of some portions of the foreshore and off-shore lands along Manila Bay at PNCC’s own expense, otherwise known as the Manila-Cavite Coastal Road and Reclamation project (MCCRRP);