The Department of Transportation (DOTr) is set to sign a memorandum of agreement (MOA) today, 8 December 2017, for the resettlement of around 100,000 informal settler families (ISFs) who would be affected by the North-South Railway Project (NSRP) slated to start early next year.
DOTr Secretary Arthur Tugade, together with officials of the Philippine National Raiways (PNR), would ink the MOA with Presidential Commission on Urban Poor (PCUP) Chairperson James Mark Terry Ridon, National Housing Authority (NHA) General Manager Marcelino Escalada Jr., Social Housing Finance Corporation (SHFC) President Arnolfo Ricardo Cabling, and Housing and Urban Development Coordinating Council (HUDCC) Chairman Eduardo del Rosario.
The NSRP, also known as the PNR South Long Haul, is a 653-kilometer railway project that will run from Manila to Laguna, Batangas, Bicol, and Sorsogon.
The railway project for commuter and freight system will provide interconnectivity and better alternative mode of transport from Manila to Bicol Region and vice versa. Its construction will start in 2018.
Under the MOA, government agencies will agree to perform the resettlement activities and social preparation, providing the ISFs affected by the railway project with affordable housing programs.
In November 15, 2017, Secretary Tugade, along with other Cabinet Secretaries, joined President Rodrigo Roa Duterte and Chinese Premier Li Keqiang during the signing of 14 agreements, following the expanded bilateral meeting between the two countries.
One of the signed agreements was the Memorandum of Understanding on Jointly Promoting the PNR South Long Haul Project Cooperation between DOTr and the Ministry of Commerce of the People’s Republic of China.
The PNR South Long Haul is expected to be operational by 2nd quarter of 2022.
Based on recent changes, its Commuter Line segment which spans 72 kilometers with 23 stations, will now start from Solis-Hermosa in Manila to Los Baños, Laguna.
Meanwhile, the Long Haul segment will start from Los Banos and will run through Batangas, Quezon and the Bicol provinces of Camarines Sur and Albay to Sorsogon.####DOTrPH
DOTr Secretary Arthur Tugade, together with officials of the Philippine National Raiways (PNR), would ink the MOA with Presidential Commission on Urban Poor (PCUP) Chairperson James Mark Terry Ridon, National Housing Authority (NHA) General Manager Marcelino Escalada Jr., Social Housing Finance Corporation (SHFC) President Arnolfo Ricardo Cabling, and Housing and Urban Development Coordinating Council (HUDCC) Chairman Eduardo del Rosario.
The NSRP, also known as the PNR South Long Haul, is a 653-kilometer railway project that will run from Manila to Laguna, Batangas, Bicol, and Sorsogon.
The railway project for commuter and freight system will provide interconnectivity and better alternative mode of transport from Manila to Bicol Region and vice versa. Its construction will start in 2018.
Under the MOA, government agencies will agree to perform the resettlement activities and social preparation, providing the ISFs affected by the railway project with affordable housing programs.
In November 15, 2017, Secretary Tugade, along with other Cabinet Secretaries, joined President Rodrigo Roa Duterte and Chinese Premier Li Keqiang during the signing of 14 agreements, following the expanded bilateral meeting between the two countries.
One of the signed agreements was the Memorandum of Understanding on Jointly Promoting the PNR South Long Haul Project Cooperation between DOTr and the Ministry of Commerce of the People’s Republic of China.
The PNR South Long Haul is expected to be operational by 2nd quarter of 2022.
Based on recent changes, its Commuter Line segment which spans 72 kilometers with 23 stations, will now start from Solis-Hermosa in Manila to Los Baños, Laguna.
Meanwhile, the Long Haul segment will start from Los Banos and will run through Batangas, Quezon and the Bicol provinces of Camarines Sur and Albay to Sorsogon.####DOTrPH
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