The DOTr wishes to clarify some points made in the article "Monstrous traffic seen as Parañaque subway construction kicks off next month" published in the Journal on October 4, 2017. The approval of MMSP by the NEDA Board on September 12, 2017 paved the way for the signing of the Exchange of Notes (EN) between the Governments of Japan and the Philippines in November 2017.
The agreement will be signed during the upcoming ASEAN Summit in Manila, and will be witnessed by Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and President Rodrigo R. Duterte. The EN will set out Japan's commitment to finance MMSP, including the terms for such financing.
Groundbreaking for the Depot, Training Center, and first stations of MMSP is scheduled in 3Q-4Q 2018, after which construction will soon follow.
MMSP will be partially operable by 2022, and fully operable by 2025.
For clarification of the article, and pursuant to the above, MMSP will commence construction in late 2018, and not in November 2017. The milestone happening in November 2017 is the signing of the Exchange of Notes between the Governments of Japan and the Philippines.
MMSP is among the flagship infrastructure projects under the Duterte Administration's Build Build Build Program. It will consist of a 30-km system, with 14 stations, starting in Quirino Highway and terminating in NAIA.
The agreement will be signed during the upcoming ASEAN Summit in Manila, and will be witnessed by Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and President Rodrigo R. Duterte. The EN will set out Japan's commitment to finance MMSP, including the terms for such financing.
Groundbreaking for the Depot, Training Center, and first stations of MMSP is scheduled in 3Q-4Q 2018, after which construction will soon follow.
MMSP will be partially operable by 2022, and fully operable by 2025.
For clarification of the article, and pursuant to the above, MMSP will commence construction in late 2018, and not in November 2017. The milestone happening in November 2017 is the signing of the Exchange of Notes between the Governments of Japan and the Philippines.
MMSP is among the flagship infrastructure projects under the Duterte Administration's Build Build Build Program. It will consist of a 30-km system, with 14 stations, starting in Quirino Highway and terminating in NAIA.
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