The LRT Line 1 North Extension Project (Closing the Loop) involves the construction of a 5.71 km elevated line fromMonumento Station of Line 1 to North Avenue Station of Line 3. The scope of works include: (1) Civil and Architectural Works, including construction of 3 new stations (Balintawak, Roosevelt and North) as well as improvements in Monumento Station, modification of pedestrian overpasses and the provision and installation of all the required elevators and escalators thereat, (2) Electro‐Mechanical Works (except rolling stock) shall have parameters which are the same as that of CAPEX II‐ A.
The Project is divided into the following construction packages, namely:
1. Package A: Construction of Viaduct and Pedestrian Overpasses
Package A1 – Construction of Viaduct from Caloocan to Balintawak Area, Pedestrian Overpass and Walkways
Package A2 ‐ Construction of viaduct from Balintawak to Trinoma Area
2. Package B: Construction of Stations and Station Modifications
3. Package C: Electro‐Mechanicals Works
EMS – 1: Signalling
EMS – 2: Telecommunications
EMS – 3: Automated Fare Collection System
EMS – 4: Trackworks
The estimated project cost is P6,322.85 Million with a project duration starting from May 2007 and the two stations operational in 2010. The construction of Common Station in SM North is targeted to commence in the 2nd quarter of 2011 and will be completed by 2nd quarter of 2012. The North Extension Project is financed from domestic funds through appropriations from the General Fund as well as proceeds from the flotation of the National Development Company (NDC) Bonds.
In December 2009, LRT Line 1 was already physically connected with MRT 3 thus closing the loop between LRT 1 and MRT 3 systems.
Commercial operation of Balintawak and Roosevelt Stations to the revenue operation of Line 1 in 2010.
The last phase of this project is to build a Common Station that will connect the Line 1 and MRT Line 3, and in the future with Line 7 as well.
Construction of the common station had been put on hold due to legal issues.
The cancellation and deferment of the project was contributed to the arrest and detention of former president and now Pampanga Rep. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo from a controversy, the impeachment trial, conviction, removal and death of former Supreme Court Chief Justice Renato Corona and outgoing plunder trial case of former senators Jinggoy Estrada and Ramon Revilla, Jr. and the arrest warrant against Senator Leila de Lima for allegedly violating the drug trafficking law.
Even if the physical infrastructure connecting the two rail systems are in place and successfully tested, commuters have to go down at the Roosevelt station of LRT-1 and walk over or take a tricycle or jeepney for the one kilometer distance to the Trinoma terminal of MRT-3.
SM Prime Holdings had earlier given the Light Rail Transit Authority P200 million for “naming rights” over the station.
But Trinoma, of Ayala Land, is already enjoying the actual naming rights in the public mind of the MRT terminal. Ayala also raised some issues over how the common station was to be organized.
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 Supreme Court has extended the restraining order it issued against the relocation of the common station.
DOTC and LRTA’s petition to lift the TRO was denied
The TRO enjoined the LRTA and DOTC from proceeding with the transfer of the common station in front of SM City North EDSA to a new site in front of the Trinoma mall.
Based on the decision, the court cannot turn a blind eye to the serious implications of a change in the location of the common station.
It must undergo the legal process if the DOTC wants to start the construction of the common station to its new location for the sake of the riding public.
The SC also deferred action on SM Prime Holdings Inc.’s petition for injunction in Pasay Regional Trial Court.
The SMPHI had entered into an agreement with the LRTA on September 28, 2009 to put up the common station in front of SM City North EDSA.
Compromise talks were initiated by Abaya, but a resolution was never reached until President Aquino III stepped down last June 30. At one point, Abaya had suggested building two common stations—one each to be located near SM North Edsa and Trinoma—to urge SM to withdraw its lawsuit.
The two-station plan was eventually abandoned and deferred as private sector stakeholders said it would inconvenience commuters.
The Project is divided into the following construction packages, namely:
1. Package A: Construction of Viaduct and Pedestrian Overpasses
Package A1 – Construction of Viaduct from Caloocan to Balintawak Area, Pedestrian Overpass and Walkways
Package A2 ‐ Construction of viaduct from Balintawak to Trinoma Area
2. Package B: Construction of Stations and Station Modifications
3. Package C: Electro‐Mechanicals Works
EMS – 1: Signalling
EMS – 2: Telecommunications
EMS – 3: Automated Fare Collection System
EMS – 4: Trackworks
The estimated project cost is P6,322.85 Million with a project duration starting from May 2007 and the two stations operational in 2010. The construction of Common Station in SM North is targeted to commence in the 2nd quarter of 2011 and will be completed by 2nd quarter of 2012. The North Extension Project is financed from domestic funds through appropriations from the General Fund as well as proceeds from the flotation of the National Development Company (NDC) Bonds.
In December 2009, LRT Line 1 was already physically connected with MRT 3 thus closing the loop between LRT 1 and MRT 3 systems.
Commercial operation of Balintawak and Roosevelt Stations to the revenue operation of Line 1 in 2010.
The last phase of this project is to build a Common Station that will connect the Line 1 and MRT Line 3, and in the future with Line 7 as well.
Construction of the common station had been put on hold due to legal issues.
The cancellation and deferment of the project was contributed to the arrest and detention of former president and now Pampanga Rep. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo from a controversy, the impeachment trial, conviction, removal and death of former Supreme Court Chief Justice Renato Corona and outgoing plunder trial case of former senators Jinggoy Estrada and Ramon Revilla, Jr. and the arrest warrant against Senator Leila de Lima for allegedly violating the drug trafficking law.
Even if the physical infrastructure connecting the two rail systems are in place and successfully tested, commuters have to go down at the Roosevelt station of LRT-1 and walk over or take a tricycle or jeepney for the one kilometer distance to the Trinoma terminal of MRT-3.
SM Prime Holdings had earlier given the Light Rail Transit Authority P200 million for “naming rights” over the station.
But Trinoma, of Ayala Land, is already enjoying the actual naming rights in the public mind of the MRT terminal. Ayala also raised some issues over how the common station was to be organized.
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 Supreme Court has extended the restraining order it issued against the relocation of the common station.
DOTC and LRTA’s petition to lift the TRO was denied
The TRO enjoined the LRTA and DOTC from proceeding with the transfer of the common station in front of SM City North EDSA to a new site in front of the Trinoma mall.
Based on the decision, the court cannot turn a blind eye to the serious implications of a change in the location of the common station.
It must undergo the legal process if the DOTC wants to start the construction of the common station to its new location for the sake of the riding public.
The SC also deferred action on SM Prime Holdings Inc.’s petition for injunction in Pasay Regional Trial Court.
The SMPHI had entered into an agreement with the LRTA on September 28, 2009 to put up the common station in front of SM City North EDSA.
Compromise talks were initiated by Abaya, but a resolution was never reached until President Aquino III stepped down last June 30. At one point, Abaya had suggested building two common stations—one each to be located near SM North Edsa and Trinoma—to urge SM to withdraw its lawsuit.
The two-station plan was eventually abandoned and deferred as private sector stakeholders said it would inconvenience commuters.
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