THE directors of the Light Rail Transit Authority have elected retired Police Director Reynaldo Berroya as the agency’s new administrator.
Berroya was earlier appointed by President Rodrigo Duterte as a member of the LRTA board.
The LRTA manages the LRT-2 train system (Santolan-Recto) and oversees or monitors the performance of the Light Rail Manila Corp., the private operator and maintenance contractor of the LRT-1 system (Baclaran-Roosevelt).
Berroya vowed to improve the LRTA to better serve the riding public.
“I’m committed to support Transport Secretary Arthur Tugade’s initiative to improve the conditions of our mass transit system”, he said.
Under the new rules of the Governance Commission for Government-Owned or -Controlled Corporations, the heads of government–run corporations are chosen by their respected boards.
The LRTA board is composed of seven ex-officio Cabinet members: the secretary of the Transportation department as chairman, the secretaries of the Public Works department, Budget department, Finance department and the National Economic and Development Authority, the chairmen of the Metro Manila Development Authority and the Land Transportation and Regulatory Board, and two representatives from the private sector.
Before his appointment to the LRTA board, Berroya served as general manager of the MRT-3, head of the Land Transportation Office, assistant secretary for Special Concerns and undersecretary for Communications at the Transport Department.