IATF spokesperson and Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles said this move is in response to the request made by the Department of Transportation to allow the resumption of utility relocation work and specified limited work across 13 rail projects, including rail replacement work for MRT3 which can only be done when MRT3 is not undergoing passenger operations.
Apart from the MRT3 rehabilitation and maintenance works, other rail projects to resume are the following:
- LRT 1 Cavite Extension
- LRT 2 East Extension
- LRT 2 West Extension
- MRT 7
- Metro Manila Subway
- Common Station
- PNR Clark 1
- PNR Clark 2 and Calamba
- Subic-Clark Railway
- PNR Bicol
- Mindanao Railway
The enhanced community quarantine has banned mass transportation since March 17, and the said COVID-19 quarantine period has since been extended to April 30.
The resumption of the rail work, however, is based on the following preconditions:
- limited mobilization of personnel and skeletal staffing pattern is observed;
- on- or near-site accommodations and/or point-to-point shuttle services are provided, where applicable;
- regular disinfection of workplaces, shuttles, and accommodations;
- regular monitoring of personnel’s health, especially for COVID-19 symptoms;
- strict social distancing measures and proper hand hygiene; and
- all other precautionary measures that the DOTr may implement are observed at all times.
As of 4 p.m. of April 6, the Philippines has already recorded 3,660 COVID-19 cases. Of this number, 163 have died while 73 others recovered. —With a report from Ted Cordero/KG, GMA News
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