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IN A seeming softening of his stance toward Gov. Gwendolyn Garcia, Cebu City Mayor Michael Rama has voiced plans to redesign the controversial bus station fronting the Provincial Capitol building that is part of the Cebu Bus Rapid Transit (CBRT) project, to preserve its heritage value.
AMID calls to stop the P28.78 billion Cebu Bus Rapid Transit (CBRT) project, Transportation Secretary Jaime Bautista said Friday that the project will still push through and that the first of its packages may even be operational in a couple of months.
THE Cebu Bus Rapid Transit (CBRT) project needs additional funding for right-of-way (ROW) acquisition. “Since we already have the appraised value I think more than P1 billion may still be needed for the (right-of-way) acquisition,” Benedicto Guia, officer-in-charge program manager of the Department of Transportation (DOTr), said on Wednesday, Feb. 7, 2024.
This will run from the Cebu South Bus Terminal to the Cebu Provincial Capitol in uptown Cebu City via Osmeña Blvd, covering a stretch of 2.38 kilometers
The Cebu Bus Rapid Transit (CBRT) project was never intended as a solution to the traffic woes in Cebu City but was designed to improve the quality and level of commuting service, safety and environmental efficiency of the more than 70 percent of the city’s population that rely on public transportation.