Department of Transportation (DOTr) Secretary Arthur Tugade said the drilling works of the proposed Metro Manila Subway will start next year.
“The actual drilling will start next year,” Tugade said on the start of construction ceremony of the Philippine National Railways (PNR) Phase 1.
He noted that the project requires about five million cubic meters of land, which is abput the equivalent of about 2,500 Olympic-size swimming pools.
Tugade added that the tunnel boring machines from Japan for the project are already being delivered.
Last February, the DOTr broke ground for the first three stations of the Metro Manila Subway project.
The design and build contract for the first three stations was awarded to the joint venture of Shimizu Corp., Fujita Corp., Takenaka Civil Engineering Co. Ltd. and EEI Corp.
The joint venture will be tasked to design and construct the subway’s partial operability section, which consists of its first three underground stations (Quirino Highway, Tandang Sora and North Avenue), tunnel structures, Valenzuela depot and the building and facilities for the Philippine Railway Institute.
Tugade said the first three stations of the project would reach completion by 2022, with the entire project spanning until 2025.
The 36- kilometer subway will have 15 stations, which will run from Quirino Highway to NAIA Terminal 3 in Pasay City and FTI in Taguig.
The subway is expected to cut travel time from Quezon City to NAIA-3 to 30 minutes.
In its first year of full operation, the P357-billion rail system is expected to serve up to 370,000 passengers per day, with a capacity of 1.5 million passengers daily.
Source: Philippine Star
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