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A MONORAIL connecting points within the cities of Taguig, Makati and Pasay is being considered by the Bases Conversion and Development Authority (BCDA).
“We’re now ready to take on another project … an elevated monorail using electricity to connect Makati to Taguig to Pasay,” BCDA Chairman Felicito C. Payumo told reporters late on Wednesday following the signing of a tollway deal.
The project will be included in the government’s list of public-private partnership projects, he claimed.
Details are still being worked out but Mr. Payumo said the monorail would pass through the Bonifacio Global City in Taguig and Villamor Airbase in Pasay. It could also be connected to the existing Light Rail Transit 1 (LRT-1) and the Metro Rail Transit 3 (MRT-3) lines.
“We still have to coordinate [the project] with the Department of Transportation and Communications and the Metro Manila Development Authority,” Mr. Payumo said.
Once the BCDA is given the go signal to pursue the project, it will commission a third party to conduct a feasibility study that will determine the route, cost and the timeline.
Mr. Payumo said he “hopes” to see the transportation project completed before the end of President Benigno S. C. Aquino III’s term in 2016.
The BCDA chief added that he expected the project to pique the interest of investors.
Manuel V. Pangilinan, Metro Pacific Investments Corp. chairman, told reporters he would be interested.
“It’s a very interesting project,” Mr. Pangilinan said.
The BCDA project follows Monday’s groundbreaking at the University of the Philippines in Diliman for a Filipino-designed monorail project — backed by the Science and Technology department — that could be replicated nationwide. — K. A. Martin
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Source: Business World, July 21, 2011
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