The Department of Transportation on Friday led the groundbreaking for a common station to provide a seamless transfer of passengers from one railway line to another as well as a convenient walk for platform transfers.
The common station, which is estimated to cost P2.8 billion, will link the LRT-1, which runs from Roosevelt station in Quezon City to Baclaran station in Pasay City, the LRT-2 running from Santolan station in Pasig City to Recto station in Manila, the MRT-3 running from North Avenue station in Quezon City to Taft Avenue station in Pasay City, and the MRT-7 currently being built from EDSA corner North Avenue in Quezon City to Araneta-Colinas Verdes Subdivision, City of San Jose del Monte in Bulacan.
Transportation Secretary Arthur Tugade earlier said a joint manifestation has been filed before the Supreme Court to address the temporary restraining order obtained by SM Prime Holdings Inc. (SMPHI) on the common station.
In his speech during the groundbreaking ceremony, Tugade assured the public that the Duterte administration will finish the project.
“Wag po ninyo ako pasalamatan. Ang unang-unang dapat pasalamatan ay ang mga pribadong kumpanya na kung saan itinabi nila ang kanilang mga interes pang-kumpanya upang makiisa sa bayan,” he said.
“We celebrate as we ground to break, but groundbreaking is one thing, finishing the project is another,” he added.
Last January, a memorandum of agreement was signed by Tugade, Public Works, and Highways Secretary Mark Villar, and Light Rail Transit Authority (LRTA) administrator Reynaldo Berroya with SMPHI, LRT-1 operator Light Rail Manila Corp., San Miguel Corp., which is building MRT-7, and North Triangle Depot Commercial Corp., to end the deadlock spanning nearly eight years for the common station.
The common station covers 13,700 square meters and will be located between The Annex at SM City North EDSA and Landmark-Trinoma mall in Quezon City.
The DOTr said the common station is expected to be completed by April 2019.
Construction of the common station had been put on hold due to legal issues. The Light Rail Transit Authority signed a deal with SMPHI to build the station near SM North EDSA.
On July 30, 2014, the SMPHI obtained a TRO from the high court to prevent the then Department of Transportation and Communications from transferring the common station near Trinoma.
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The common station, which is estimated to cost P2.8 billion, will link the LRT-1, which runs from Roosevelt station in Quezon City to Baclaran station in Pasay City, the LRT-2 running from Santolan station in Pasig City to Recto station in Manila, the MRT-3 running from North Avenue station in Quezon City to Taft Avenue station in Pasay City, and the MRT-7 currently being built from EDSA corner North Avenue in Quezon City to Araneta-Colinas Verdes Subdivision, City of San Jose del Monte in Bulacan.
Transportation Secretary Arthur Tugade earlier said a joint manifestation has been filed before the Supreme Court to address the temporary restraining order obtained by SM Prime Holdings Inc. (SMPHI) on the common station.
In his speech during the groundbreaking ceremony, Tugade assured the public that the Duterte administration will finish the project.
“Wag po ninyo ako pasalamatan. Ang unang-unang dapat pasalamatan ay ang mga pribadong kumpanya na kung saan itinabi nila ang kanilang mga interes pang-kumpanya upang makiisa sa bayan,” he said.
“We celebrate as we ground to break, but groundbreaking is one thing, finishing the project is another,” he added.
Last January, a memorandum of agreement was signed by Tugade, Public Works, and Highways Secretary Mark Villar, and Light Rail Transit Authority (LRTA) administrator Reynaldo Berroya with SMPHI, LRT-1 operator Light Rail Manila Corp., San Miguel Corp., which is building MRT-7, and North Triangle Depot Commercial Corp., to end the deadlock spanning nearly eight years for the common station.
The common station covers 13,700 square meters and will be located between The Annex at SM City North EDSA and Landmark-Trinoma mall in Quezon City.
The DOTr said the common station is expected to be completed by April 2019.
Construction of the common station had been put on hold due to legal issues. The Light Rail Transit Authority signed a deal with SMPHI to build the station near SM North EDSA.
On July 30, 2014, the SMPHI obtained a TRO from the high court to prevent the then Department of Transportation and Communications from transferring the common station near Trinoma.
The basis of the order was a September 28, 2009 memorandum of agreement between SMPHI and LRTA, agreeing that the common station should be beside SM North EDSA after the mall developer paid the government P200 million for the naming rights to the proposed station.
Despite the agreement, the government in 2014 insisted that putting up the proposed common station near TriNoma mall would result in "P1 billion in savings to the government" and benefit passengers as the Quezon City government is establishing the North Triangle area as a new business district.
When Tugade assumed office, he promised to get all stakeholders to reach an agreement on the common station within his first 100 days.
http://www.philstar.com/business/2017/09/29/1743883/dotr-breaks-ground-common-station
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