Palace to monitor subway project's progress, asks public to be patient

Malacañang vowed to monitor the progress of the Metro Manila Subway project, which broke ground in Valenzuela City on Wednesday.

Once it becomes serviceable, the riding public can travel from Quezon City to the NAIA Terminal 3 in just 30 minutes.

There will be 15 stations, and the first three stations will be operational in 2022, according to the Department of Transportation (DOTr). The entire 30-kilometer railway system is targeted to be completed in 2025.

“Critics say it can never be done. The cynics say it is just a dream. We are pleased to announce today’s groundbreaking ceremony of the Metro Manila Subway, which will be the first-ever underground railway system in the Philippines,” presidential spokesperson Salvador Panelo said.

“The Office of the President will be monitoring the progress of this project and commits its all-out support to the DOTr and all agencies involved as they endeavor to deliver this facility to our countrymen,” he added.

Panelo also asked the public to remain patient “as it is us who will greatly benefit from gains of this major infrastructure project in the near future.”

“With this foundation, we request succeeding administrations to exert the same effort until the railway system is fully completed,” he said.

The flagship project under the Duterte administration’s “Build, Build, Build” program will be built with the support of the Government of Japan through an Official Development Assistance (ODA) loan amounting to ¥104.530-billion or P51-billion loan from the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA). —LBG, GMA News

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