Quote Originally Posted by Altis6453 View Post
Good plan, Vinj. But just some quick info re: Northrail which I had a chance to be part of early in my career:

1. There's no cohesive plan by government to resolve the right-of-way issues needed by the project. In short, ayaw maglabas or walang mailabas na pera.

2. There have been several suppliers who've proposed to construct, operate and maintain the project on turnkey basis (para halos walang gastos ang gov), but most of them have given up due to the lack of momentum and ever-changing policy directions from DOTC and BCDA (then the lead agency)

3. Northrail has been in the pipeline of the government since 1998 (Ramos' Presidency) and it hasn't moved from drawings and studies since then so....draw your own conclusions. Back then, Northrail was envisioned to be a rapid rail system connecting NAIA to Clark International Airport.
Sad that this project has not taken off. I noticed during the last years of the GMA admin they were clearing out the squatters from the line in quite a lot of areas based on my observations.

A high volume, and efficient railway system from the NCR to the north and south would make a good long-term solution to our congestion in the NCR. It is a given that Metro Manila will be difficult to decentralize but if people lived in the outlying provinces such as Bulacan, Pampanga, Cavite, Laguna and there was a railway that will take one straight to the CBDs just like it is in other civilizations, then you cut Manila traffic drastically especially with the big schools having campuses in areas such as Sta. Rosa, Cavite and Pampanga. Heck, if that was the case i'd already be building my own home in Pampanga and taking the train to work every day.