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    Once this is started there will be no holding back.


    Duterte, Abe may sign Mega Manila subway deal in November

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    ^

    Wow a subway to airport?????

    Pag nagawan ng paraan yan super panalo.

    Pero parang ang mura kung 277million pesos lang to build a subway....

    MANILA, Philippines – The Philippines and Japan may sign this year an agreement on the Mega Manila Subway, one of the Duterte administration's major projects for addressing the megacity’s traffic woes, Transportation Secretary Arthur Tugade said on Tuesday, April 18.

    Tugade said the agreement is hoped to be signed when Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe comes to the Philippines in November for the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Leaders’ Summit and Related Summits.

    “Target signing of this contract is November this year. Hopefully, that agreement will be signed between Prime Minister Abe and President Duterte in November,” Tugade said at the unveiling of “DuterteNomics,” the administration's economic development blueprint, in Pasay City.

    The Japanese International Cooperation Agency has expressed willingness to help foot the bill for the subway, pegged at P277 million. JICA started conducting a feasibility study during the administration of then president Benigno Aquino III.

    Tugade said the project will be funded through a combination of official development assistance (ODA) and government funds.

    “This is a very ambitious project. Give us your trust, give us your confidence, we will build it,” he promised.

    Abe vowed to ramp up Japan's assistance to the Philippines when he visited Manila in January. Japan is the the Philippines’ biggest source of ODA.

    The Mega Manila Subway is expected to cut travel time from Quezon City to Taguig to 31 minutes. The 25-kilometer underground system will connect major business districts like Ortigas, Makati, and Bonifacio Global City.

    The government expects the subway to be used by 350,000 passengers daily in its first year of operation.

    The subway, so far, is expected to have the following route:

    Mindanao Avenue or Quirino Highway in Quezon City
    North Avenue
    Quezon Avene
    East Avenue
    Anonas
    Katipunan
    Ortigas North
    Ortigas South
    Kalayaan Avenue
    Bonifacio Global City
    Cayetano Boulevard
    FTI in Taguig

    Tugade said that based on the DOTr's latest meeting, the subway may even reach the Ninoy Aquino International Airport Terminal 3, making the airport much more accessible to average Filipinos.

    “As of yesterday, we were discussing alignments. Tutumbukin po ‘yung airport kasi malapit na po (it will reach the airport because it’s already nearby),” said Tugade.

    The transportation chief is so eager to get started with the subway, which is currently at the project development stage, that he is pushing for it to begin construction a year earlier than planned.

    “It is targeted that this project will be started on the 4th quarter of 2020, that’s what the project proponent says. I’m trying to push to start it by 2019. Completed date will be the 2nd quarter of 2024,” said Tugade.

    The Mega Manila Subway is one of several railway projects the Duterte administration is pursuing. This includes the Philippine National Railway (PNR) North and South Lines, Mindanao Railway, and the Subic-Clark Cargo Railway.

    All infrastructure projects are listed in the Build Build Build Philippine Infrastructure Transparency Portal. – Rappler.com

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    Quote Originally Posted by kagalingan View Post
    ^

    Wow a subway to airport?????

    Pag nagawan ng paraan yan super panalo.

    Pero parang ang mura kung 277million pesos lang to build a subway....
    Either they mean 277 billion pesos or 277 million dollars.

    277 million is only enough for a single building.

    Ang pagbalik ng comeback...

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    Quote Originally Posted by niky View Post
    Either they mean 277 billion pesos or 277 million dollars.

    277 million is only enough for a single building.
    wouldn't it be cheaper, to simply relocate the airport to some other place?

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    Quote Originally Posted by dr. d View Post
    wouldn't it be cheaper, to simply relocate the airport to some other place?
    its a good simple idea. but youre taking billions of revenue from the people making money out of the current airport. will they simply let go?

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    Quote Originally Posted by dr. d View Post
    wouldn't it be cheaper, to simply relocate the airport to some other place?
    does the government even own the airport? I believe terminal 3 is still under PPP.

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