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The back-to-back inauguration of projects will formally mark the start of operations of the upgraded Port of Dumaguete and the newly-developed Dumaguete (Sibulan) Airport.
President Duterte will grace the twin event as the guest of honor and keynote speaker, with Transportation Secretary Arthur P. Tugade and other officials from the national and local government units also in attendance.
“We need to roll up our sleeves and make haste. These projects that we are developing should be utilized by the Filipino people in no time,” Tugade said.
One of the projects to be inaugurated on Thursday is the upgraded Port of Dumaguete, a project of the DOTr and the Philippine Ports Authority (PPA) that involves the construction of a two-storey Port Operations Building (POB). It can accommodate around 500 passengers.
DOTr Secretary Arthur Tugade (Photo bB Ali Vicoy)
“We have a lot of catching up to do with so little time left. Itong proyekto na ito, gusto ko ay agad mapakinabangan ng tao (I want the public to be able to use this immediately). That’s why I have been pushing, and pressuring the railway sector really hard to fast-track the construction works in the best way possible,” Tugade said in a statement on Monday, March 8.
According to the DOTr, NSCR’s first leg, or the PNCR Clark Phase 1 that runs from Tutuban, Manila to Malolos, Bulacan already has an overall progress rate of 43 percent and a construction phase rate of 11.78 percent of January 31, 2021.
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In a statement on Thursday, March 4, the Light Rail Transit Authority (LRTA) said the line’s East Extension Project is already 93.42 percent complete as of Jan. 31 this year.
LRTA Spokesperson Hernando Cabrera said the two additional stations – Emerald Station in Marikina City and Masinag Station at the Masinag Junction in Antipolo City – will have a soft opening on April 26 and will immediately start operations the next day.
In a project briefing and concourse walk-through of the line’s station in Marikina last January. Transportation Secretary Arthur P. Tugade pushed for the immediate completion of the new stations to benefit more commuters amid the pandemic.