After a two-year delay, the construction of the Light Rail Transit (LRT-1) Cavite extension finally began onTuesday.
Government officials previously announced that the construction would start on June 2017, a month after they broke ground for the project. The Department of Transportation (DOTr) explained that right of way issues impeded work on the P64.9-billion railway.
The LRT-1 currently has 20 stations from Roosevelt in Quezon City to Baclaran in Pasay City. In the extension project, eight new stations will be built in Aseana, Manila International Airport, Asia World, Ninoy Aquino, and Dr. A. Santos stations in Parañaque City, Las Piñas and Zapote stations in Las Piñas City, and Niog station in Bacoor, Cavite.
The 11.7-kilometer extension is expected to increase the entire LRT-1 passenger load from 300,000 to 800,000 daily.
Once operational, it will cut travel time from Bacoor, Cavite to Metro Manila by two hours and 40 minutes.
The DOTr said the railway project will be partially operational in 2021.
http://cnnphilippines.com/news/2019/5/7/lrt-1-cavite-extension-construction.html
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