Published March 8, 2021, 5:00 AM
The Department of Transportation (DOTr) is tripling its capital expenditure for 11 big-ticket railway infrastructure from P90.756 billion this year to P278.3 billion in 2022, at the end of the Duterte administration, with 8 projects either completed or partially operational.
The railway projects set for completion or partial operations within the year until the end of the term of President Duterte include the P9.5 billion LRT-2 East (Masinag) Extension, the P22 billion MRT-3 Rehabilitation, the P3 billion Common Station, the P65 billion LRT-1 Cavite Extension, the P68.2 billion MRT-7, the P50 billion Philippine National Railways (PNR) Clark Phase 1, key facilities of the P357 billion Metro Manila Subway Project, and the P82 billion Mindanao Rail Project, DOTr officials disclosed during a recent virtual briefing.