Nasa 55.6 porsyento nang tapos ang isinasagawang LRT-1 Cavite East Extension, ayon sa Department of Transportation (DOTr) noong Mayo 21.
Ayon kay DOTr Secretary Arthur Tugade, ang naturang proyekto ay inaprubahan ng National Economic Development Authority noong Agosto 2000 ngunit isa ito sa mga nabinbing railway project ng bansa.
“One example of a project that was left hanging is the LRT-1 Cavite Extension, which was delayed for 19 years with no progress ever seen until June 2016,” ani Tugade sa isang Facebook post.
“From being one of the pioneers in establishing railroad networks in Asia, ironically, we are [now] trailing behind. From more than a thousand-kilometer railroad network in the 1970’s, our country’s operational railway length drastically shrunk to only 77 kilometers in 2016,” aniya.
Dagdag pa sa kalihim, kapag nakumpleto ang naturang proyekto, mapapaikli na lamang umano sa 25 minuto ang mahigit isang oras na biyahe mula Baclaran hanggang Bacoor City, Cavite.
“The LRT-1 Cavite Extension can accommodate 500,000 to 800,000 passengers per day.” paliwanag ni Tugade.
