Friday, January 5, 2018

Commencement of Works for PNR Clark Phase 1 ( Tutuban-Malolos ) Railways Project.

CLARK, Pampanga, Jan 5 --Today, the Department of Transportation (DOTr) and the Philippine National Railway (PNR) will be undertaking advance construction mobilization for PNR Clark Phase 1 (Tutuban-Malolos), which includes pre-construction activities such as site clearing, grading of unleveled surfaces, and demolition of obstructing structures in the PNR alignment.

To realize early completion of infrastructure projects under the Build Build Build program, the DOTr continuously explores and pursues acceleration measures, such as doing in parallel activities that were previously done sequentially.

This event is an example of DOTr’s acceleration measures.

As compared to previous practice, site clearing works had to wait for the general contractor, but, since DOTr understands the need to complete this project faster, DOTr pursues these works in parallel with the procurement of the general contractor, which is scheduled to be selected by the 2nd quarter of 2018 for PNR Clark Phase 1.

Phase 1 of the PNR Clark Project entails the construction of the rail systems along the 38-kilometer segment from Tutuban, Manila to Malolos, Bulacan. It will have 10 stations and is expected to service around 340,000 passengers daily during its opening.

Once this project is completed, commuters from Tutuban will reach Malolos in 35 minutes. (DOTr)

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