Metro Channel schedule (January 20, 2021)

6 am - Good Morning Hong Kong

7:35 am - Traffic News

7:40 am - International News File

7:45 am - Good Morning Hong Kong

8:05 am - Traffic News

8:10 am - Good Morning Hong Kong

8:55 am - Earth Live

9 am - Inside the Stock Exchange

9:30 am - SHHK Connect

9:45 am - JSG Song Corner

9:50 am - Happy Old Buddies

10 am - News

10:10 am - A Kindred Spirit

10:30 am - Midnight Diner

11:30 am - TV Easy and News Headlines

11:35 am - Inside the Stock Exchange

11:45 am - 7 Days in Life

12:30 pm - TV Easy

12:35 pm - Inside the Stock Exchange

1 pm - Noon News

1:15 pm - Weather Report and Earth Live

1:20 pm - Big City Shop

2 pm - News

2:10 pm - All Things Girl

2:35 pm - TV Easy

2:40 pm - Inside the Stock Exchange and SHHK Connect

2:45 pm - Stealing Seconds

3:45 pm - Daily Mum

4 pm - News

4:10 pm - Inside the Stock Exchange

4:15 pm - Shinkansen Henkei Robo Shinkalion

4:50 pm - Kids, Think Big

5:20 pm - Uchitama?! 〜Uchinotama Shirimasenka?〜

5:50 pm - Financial News

6 pm - News

6:10 pm - Our animal neighbor and News Files

6:30 pm - TV Patrol

7:30 pm - Scoop

8 pm - Blue World

8:30 pm - MasterChef Junior

9:20 pm - Peanuts

9:30 pm - Innovation: GPS

10 pm - Finance at 10

10:55 pm - Global Stock Indexes

11 pm to 5 am - NBC News Special: The Inauguration of Joseph R. Biden, Jr.

NLEX-SLEX Connector project now underway

The public works and highways department of the government is now focusing on the solution to the truck ban through the eight-kilometer NLEX-SLEX Connector.

An estimate of 30,000 vehicles which mainly include trucks are expected to benefit from the project which will have a full 24-hour operation.

“‘Pag natapos po itong connector, lalong luluwag ang EDSA kasi lahat ng trucks na galing sa Port magkakaroon ng option na mag-NLEX or mag-SLEX. At the same time, magkakaroon din ng exit sa Espaῆa (EDSA will be less congested because all trucks from the Port will have the option to use NLEX or SLEX once the connector is completed. At the same time, there will be an exit in Espaῆa),” DPWH Sec. Mark Villar explained.

Villar conducted an inspection on Wednesday on the construction site of the project in Caloocan City. From NLEX Harbor Link in C-3 in Caloocan, a connector will be built going to Skyway Stage 3, passing through Abad Santos, Blumentritt, Dimasalang, Espaῆa, and Magsaysay Blvd.

The NLEX-SLEX Connector will have three exits in Sta. Mesa, Espaῆa, and C-3. The first phase of the project from C-3 to Espaῆa is expected to be completed by December 2021. However, some stations of the Philippine National Railways (PNR) will be affected.

“Ang gagawin namin doon, bumili na kami with DPWH steel temporary stations. So gigibain mga concrete stations namin, papalitan ng steel stations (What we did was to buy with DPWH some steel temporary stations. We will demolish concrete stations which will be replaced with steel stations),” PNR GM Junn Magno said. – Report from Karen Villanda

https://ptvnews.ph/nlex-slex-connector-project-now-underway/

NLEx Connector Road to SLEx on track for 2022 completion

Toll road operator NLEx Corp. and the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) are accelerating the construction of the NLEx Connector project, a second elevated expressway linking the northern and southern parts of Metro Manila.

NLEx Corp., which operates the North Luzon Expressway (NLEx) and Subic Clark Tarlac Expressway, said in a statement that the first 5-kilometer section of the NLEx Connector from the Caloocan Interchange, C3 to España, Manila will be finished by the end of 2021.

The entire 8-km expressway, running from C3 up to the Metro Manila Skyway Stage 3 at the Polytechnic University of the Philippines, Sta. Mesa in Manila, will be finished by 2022.

“Right-of-way delivery for the whole alignment stands at 81 percent, while construction progress is at 16 percent,” said Public Works Secretary Mark Villar in a statement on Wednesday (Jan. 20).

“With the commitment of both the public and private sectors, we are optimistic that we can finish the project as scheduled,” Villar said.

Once finished, the P23 billion project will have four toll plazas and interchanges in C3 and  España. Similar to the Skway Stage 3, it will cut travel time between NLEx and the South Luzon Expressway to just 20 minutes from almost two hours.

In 2020, DPWH, NLEx Corp. and Manila Electric Co. facilitated the clearing of electric facilities in Sta. Cruz, Manila.

More than 300 Meralco linemen simultaneously worked to clear a portion of the right-of-way. The activity involved the installation and retirement of around 160 electric poles, NLex Corp. said.

The NLex Connector will pass through Abad Santos, Blumentritt, Dimasalang, España, and Magsaysay Boulevard.

On Wednesday, the company said the project will use Super T girders. These are pre-stressed box girders that are widely used for bridges in Australia and New Zealand.

The newly installed Super T beams span 30 meters and weigh 53 tons.

“Compared to other types of girders, Super T beams are more flexible, structurally efficient, and aesthetically appealing,” the company said.

“Innovation is one of the core values of our company,” said NLEx Corp. president and general manager J. Luigi L. Bautista.

“We are using Super T beams to advance our construction progress so we can soon complete this crucial infrastructure that would help decongest Metro Manila and solve truck ban woes,” he said.

https://business.inquirer.net/316118/nlex-connector-road-to-slex-on-track-for-2022-completion

Finally! LRT-2 to reopen 3 stations after more than a year of closure

Who thought this wasn’t going to happen?

Finally, after more than a year of closure, the Light Rail Transit 2 (LRT-2) will be reopening its Santolan, Katipunan, and Anonas stations sometime this week.

It was in October 2019 when a power source in the Katipunan station burst in flames, crippling the train’s operations. Back then, the management said that it won’t take more than nine months to repair the train line and reopen the three stations, but well, here we are now.

But here’s the catch: the trains will be using a temporary source of power, which means the movement of the line will be slower than normal. Oof.

Hernando Cabrera, the spokesperson of the LRT-2, said in an interview with Unang Hirit's Unang Balita segment that they are conducting tests to make sure that the trains are working properly.

“We have finished our temporary power facilities which were made by the contractor and engineering department so we can restart the operations of these three stations,” he said in Filipino.

“We have prepared the staff, our ticketing personnel, security, maintenance so that once we get the safety clearance, we can operate,” he added.

“Our target is sometime within the week, safety clearance. Within the week we can resume operations with the passengers.”

LRT-2 has 11 stations all over Metro Manila, including in Marikina, Quezon City, and Manila.

https://coconuts.co/manila/news/finally-lrt-2-to-reopen-3-stations-after-more-than-a-year-of-closure/