LRT-1 Cavite extension construction set in May

The construction of the extension of the Light Rail Transit Line 1 (LRT-1) is set to start in May, the Department of Transportation (DOTr) said.

“We’ll have an event on May 6 to start the actual works of LRT Line 1 Cavite Extension Project. We will send an advisory soon,” DOTr Assistant Secretary for Communications Goddes Hope Libiran said in a text message to the Philippine News Agency (PNA) on Wednesday.

The 11.7-km. railway extension project will have eight stations from Baclaran in Parañaque City to Niog in Bacoor City, reducing travel time to 30 minutes from the current one-and-a-half hours during rush hours.

The daily passenger volume of the LRT-1 is expected to increase from 300,000 to 800,000 once it is completed.

The DOTr and the railway system’s private operator, Light Rail Manila Corp., are eyeing to finish the project by the fourth quarter of 2021. (PNA)

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Start of LRT-1 extension moved to May

The start of construction of the project extending the Light Rail Transit Line 1 (LRT-1) to Cavite has been moved anew, with its commencement seen finally happening next month.

The Department of Transportation (DOTr) said it would have a ceremony on May 6 to signal the start of actual works of LRT-1 Cavite Extension Project.

The DOTr on February said the project, which will stretch LRT-1 over 33 kilometers from Roosevelt in Quezon City to Niog in Bacoor City, would start this month.

The LRT-1 currently has 20 stations spanning from Roosevelt Station in Quezon City to Baclaran Station in Parañaque City.

Once the extension is built and completed, travel time from Bacoor to Central Station in Manila will be down to 45 minutes, and to Roosevelt Station in one hour and 10 minutes, even during rush hours.

The extension project is expected to be completed by the last quarter of 2021 or early 2022.

Right of way issues have hounded the project in the past, as it was supposed to have been completed by this time based on the original concession agreement in 2014.

Early this month, the DOTr secured the commitment from telco giant PLDT Inc. and Manila Electric Co. to expedite the relocation of utilities such as electric and telecommunications lines that will be affected by major transport projects, which includes the LRT-1 Cavite Extension.

The Light Rail Manila Corp. (LRMC) consortium – composed of Metro Pacific Investments Corp.’s Metro Pacific Light Rail Corp., Ayala Corp.’s AC Infrastructure Holdings Corp., and Macquarie Infrastructure Holdings (Philippines) PTE Ltd. – was awarded the public-private partnership project to operate, maintain, and extend the LRT-1 in 2014.

LRMC’s contract for the LRT-Cavite extension project will give rise to eight new stations – Redemptorist, NAIA Avenue, Asia World, Ninoy Aquino and Dr. Santos stations in Parañaque, Las Piñas and Zapote stations in Las Piñas City, and Niog station in Bacoor.

The consortium is spending P35 billion for the project. LRMC has already secured a P25-billion loan facility from three banks while it said the rest would be funded by equity from the group.

https://www.philstar.com/business/2019/04/24/1911966/start-lrt-1-extension-moved-may

Building of LRT-1 Cavite extension to start May 6

THE EXTENSION of the Light Rail Transit Line 1 (LRT-1) to Cavite will start construction in early May, the Department of Transportation (DoTr) said Tuesday.

“We’ll have a ceremony on May 6 to signal the start of actual works of LRT Line 1 Cavite Extension Project. We’ll update you on its details in the coming days,” an officer from the DoTr communications department said in a mobile message to reporters.

LRT-1 operator Light Rail Manila Corp. (LRMC) confirmed the information in a text message to BusinessWorld.

“Confirmed. We have a media event on May 6 to launch the start of works, yes,” LRMC Corporate Communication Head Rochelle A. Gamboa said.

LRMC is building an 11.7-kilometer extension of LRT-1 from Baclaran, Parañaque City to Bacoor, Cavite. The added segment to the train line will consist of eight stations: Redemptorist, NAIA Avenue, Asia World, Ninoy Aquino, Dr. Santos, Las Piñas, Zapote and Niog.

The construction is scheduled to run until the fourth quarter of 2021. Once the Cavite extension is operational, it is expected to increase passenger traffic at LRT-1 to 800,000 daily passengers from 300,000 at present.

LRMC is a joint venture of Ayala Corp., Metro Pacific Light Rail Corp. and Macquarie Infrastructure Holdings (Philippines) Pte. Ltd. The company won the P65-billion, 32-year contract to operate LRT-1 in 2015, part of which is the construction of its Cavite extension.

Metro Pacific Investments Corp. is one of three Philippine subsidiaries of Hong Kong’s First Pacific Co. Ltd., the others being PLDT, Inc. and Philex Mining Corp. Hastings Holdings, Inc., a unit of PLDT Beneficial Trust Fund subsidiary MediaQuest Holdings, Inc., maintains an interest in BusinessWorld through the Philippine Star Group. — Denise A. Valdez

https://www.bworldonline.com/building-of-lrt-1-cavite-extension-to-start-may-6/

Construction of LRT 1 extension starts May

The Department of Transportation said the construction of the Light Rail Transit Line 1 Cavite extension project will start next month.

“We’ll have a ceremony on May 6 to signal the start of actual works of LRT Line 1 Cavite Extension Project,” said the DOTr.

Light Rail Manila Corp. in 2018 signed an engineering, procurement and construction contract with Bouygues Travaux Publics for the LRT 1 Cavite extension project.

Metro Pacific Investments Corp., through Metro Pacific Light Rail Corp., owns 55 percent of LRMC, which earlier won the bidding for the P64.9-billion LRT1 Cavite Extension Project.

AC Infrastructure Holdings Corp. holds a 35-percent stake in LRMC, while Macquarie Infrastructure Holdings (Philippines) Inc. holds the balance.

LRMC under the concession will assume the operations and maintenance of the current 20-kilometer LRT1, and construct the 11.7-kilometer extension of the rail line southward from the Baclaran station all the way to Niog, Bacoor City, Cavite.

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