By Jel Santos
Several Meralco electric posts installed on Roxas Boulevard between Redemptorist Road and Bradco Avenue will be relocated within 70 days, the Metropolitan Manila Development Agency (MMDA) said.
On Thursday, the MMDA, Department of Transportation (DOTr), and Meralco had a coordination meeting regarding the relocation of electric posts to pave way for the construction of Light Rail Transit (LRT) Line 1 Cavite Extension Project.
The MMDA, meantime, has yet to give clearance for the electric post-relocation project that would affect both private and public utility vehicles traversing both directions of the major thoroughfare.
The agency said it has to ensure first that a traffic management plan is in place before the project begins as MMDA aims minimal traffic effect during the relocation.
The private contractors of DOTR have sought MMDA’s go signal for them to occupy one to two lanes of the affected portion as their working area.
According to DOTr LRT Line 1 Cavite Extension Project will give an extra 11.7 kilometers to the existing 20.7 km LRT Line 1 system and will traverse southward, covering the cities of Parañaque and Las Piñas in Metro Manila and Bacoor in Cavite.
Because of the project, the LRT Line 1’s ridership is expected to increase from 500,000 to 800,000 per day and reduce travel time between Baclaran and Niog, Bacoor, Cavite, from one to two hours to only 25 minutes.
https://news.mb.com.ph/2020/01/18/electric-posts-along-roxas-boulevard-to-be-relocated-within-70-days-mmda/
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