First PH Subway System now approved by NEDA-ICC

Is a new subway coming really soon? The National Economic Development Authority Investment Coordinating Committee (NEDA-ICC) has approved the project that will give way to the construction of the country’s first subway system located in Metro Manila.

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The subway route spans 12 kilometers from Market! Market! in Taguig and pass through strategic locations such as MRT Buendia and Ayala stations, Ayala Triangle, Makati Post Office, PNR Buendia station, then to LRT-1 in Buendia and Taft, then across Roxas Boulevard and SM Mall of Asia before turning to its last stop in MRT Taft Avenue station.

The said project will be under the Public-Private Partnership (PPP) program and is the most expensive PPP to date as it costs Php370USD 6INR 535EUR 6CNY 46 billion, as experts say that building an underground railway may likely to cost double the price than that of elevated platforms. This is about 14% of the 2.6 Trillion-Peso National Budget, and rival that of the most allocated department’s funds, DepED, with Php310USD 5INR 448EUR 5CNY 38 billion. Under the PPP, the private sector will be the one covering all the cost for the project.

NEDA also pinpoints that property developers may appreciate the effect of having an underground transportation system, as elevated ones may be an eyesore.

Along with the new subway, the NEDA-ICC also approved other infrastructures such as the Manila-Legazpi-Calamba railway, the Tarlac-Pangasinan-La Union expressway (TPLEX), and several other projects to improve government services.

Source: PhilNews

28 Comments

shutter says:

10 years ago

sana matuloy na yan ng mabawasan ng konti ang traffic sa metro manila.
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kami says:

10 years ago

siguro naman hindi flood prone areas yung mga proposed areas/stations.

nevertheless, sana mabilis itong magawa at sana rin, walang kung ano-ano na namang issues tulad ng midnight deals, tongpats etc.
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jonski22 says:

10 years ago

this is a good project…sana lang napag-isipan nang maayos…my worry is flood..and construction….digging underground is not easy…how deep they will dug? and how safe?
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Anonymous says:

10 years ago

Just like the PPP of LRT/MRT, this will come back to us later in the form of much higher taxes, and fare rate. Imagine that this is more expensive to built than the LRT/MRT.
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e30ernest says:

10 years ago

I think this can work, but I hope they build the stations to be better than what they did with the MRT/LRT. The stations themselves can be a huge source of revenue to help subsidize operations and help pay-off the development costs. Fares aren’t the only way they can make money.

To compare, the MTR stations in Hong Kong are huge sprawling complexes with multiple shops inside. Building our stations well would make room for shops that would pay rent. These stations can link with major malls and act as extensions of these malls too. It will be mutually beneficial for them, and I’m sure as long as greed does not prevail, they can come to an agreement.

In addition to that, they should make good use of the advertising potential of the stations. That alone can earn several hundred thousand pesos per month per station. The MTR stations aren’t taking advantage of this potential revenue stream. There are some stations that still have billboards for Prince of Persia for example.
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easy e says:

10 years ago

naghahanap kayo ng kaginhawaan, ayaw nyo naman gawin ang part nyo. puro kayo pakabig. kundi ba naman kayo mga *****.

sana lang maayos ang implementasyon. kung private naman ang gagastos para dito, sa tingin ko mababawasan ang katiwalian. Go go go!
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c says:

10 years ago

naku dapat dati pa bago nagdagdag ng mga lrt / mrt at yung Edsa expressway.

Puros traffic ang dulot niyan habang ginagawa.
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Ronald says:

10 years ago

So questions are:

How much is the fare?
Safety of the passengers from flood, earthquake.

Maintenance.

Will it be accessible to all? Person with Disability (PWD), Senior Citizen and others. Yung iba kasi laging patay ang elevator, yung ibang stations wala talagang elevator.
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prodaniel says:

10 years ago

Tokyo,Japan experiences earthquakes almost everyday, the strongest earthquakes happens in Japan. It also rains heavy. Stations are 12 floors below the ground, patong patong merong lines sa 6th floor underground, then baba ka ng hagdan meron pa sa mas malalim!

They have boring machines that cut underground without knowing there is construction underground.

Japan has the most extensive underground railway system in the world.

Siguro Pilipinas tayo kaya ung mga tao kung mag isip ang babaw. Baha, lindol? Hahaha. Pilipinas talaga tayo, super weak and incapable!
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Cool says:

10 years ago

This project is really cool. Never imagined phil to have underground railways since all infrastructures are already in place.
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iggy says:

10 years ago

ilipat na lang ang mga schools, businesses and jobs sa south luzon area like from sta. rosa to calamba laguna. para magsi-uwi na ang mga pamilya sa probinsiya para bawas trapik sa metro manila.
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gadgeteer says:

10 years ago

build na naman ng private sector tapos transfer sa government pag laspag na. Bakit hindi tayo tumulad sa ibang bansa gaya ng hk, china, korea etc. na ang gobyerno na mismo ang magtayo, i pa train nila mga scholars sa ibang bansa para pag aralan ang technology and bumili na lang tayo ng tunnel boring machine, sa laki ng nakukuha sa pork barrel im sure maraming ma so-solve itong machine na ito, baha, drainage problems pati pag hukay ng tunnels including subways.
palagi natin sinasabi na magaling tayo, ang feeling ko tuloy magaling lang kumurakot kaya gusto nila private sector ang magtatayo para isang deal mayaman agad.
if you guys can only see what ive seen sa subway ng paris, hk at china, sobrang mura ng fare and still kumikita ng sobra sobra, much sobra na binigyan pa ang mga citizens ng hk tig 45k pesos equivalent.
haaay when will a good president have this vision to lead rightfully? when?
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Justin says:

10 years ago

*sarcasm*

Wow! Maraming salamat sa gobyerno natin at na-isip nila ang mga tao sa south.

… taena…
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igniculus says:

10 years ago

*flooded NY subway tunnels, comes to mind
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FastSide says:

10 years ago

Stations are lacking in Taguig area, given it’s a growing CBD.
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Anonymous says:

10 years ago

We’ll I guess nobody had a great bright idea.

I would prefer building an elevated covered walkway (walkalator) around the route indicated above. People in Makati CBD had been walking around the current walkway from Offices to train stations/bus/jeep terminals already. At least it would cost much much less that the php370B. Just like in HK, the walkways are interconnected thru malls and buildings (w/ commercial spaces). Even the private sectors can get involved in the investment cost/maintenance, as it connects to their structures. And no floods to worry about. And it wouldn’t cost anything (or much) to use for the public. Our taxes could go into operating/maintaining it as well. Everybody should benefit. And the walkalators could be done in segments, standardized and coming from different suppliers, thus no exclusive contractor. One walkalator section’s downtime shouldn’t cause stoppage for the whole line. As it is a combination of walkalator and walkway elevated sections.
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Frox says:

10 years ago

Cebu already has its own subway since 2010 construction commenced. That would be the 2nd to be built in Manila.
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