The Department of Transportation received unsolicited proposals to build two railway projects worth P194.05 billion, Secretary Jaime Bautista said Wednesday.
Bautista identified the two proposed projects as the 18-kilometer Metro Railway Transit Line 11 between Quezon City and San Jose del Monte City in Bulacan and the 22.5-km. C5 MRT 10 project between Quezon City and Paranaque City.
Bautista said the agency received an unsolicited proposal to build MRT 11, which would connect Caloocan City and Quezon City to San Jose de Monte City.
A previous proposal filed with the Public Private Partnership Center showed that the project would involve the construction of elevated structure from EDSA in Balintawak, Quezon City traversing Quirino Highway, Novaliches and Zabarte Road in North Caloocan City up to Barangay Gaya-gaya in San Jose del Monte.
A passenger transfer facility will be provided proximate to the EDSA-Balintawak station of LRT Line 1 and MRT 11 Balintawak station. The indicative cost of MRT 11 is about P81.79 billion.
Bautista said the agency also received another unsolicited proposal to build the C5 MRT 10 project.
The project involves the design, construction, operation and maintenance of about 22.5 km. of mostly elevated light railway transit system consisting of 16 stations along Circumferential Road 5 connecting Ninoy Aquino Terminal Airport Terminal 3 in Paranaque City to Quezon City.
It would terminate at Commonwealth Ave. with possible interchange with MRT 7 at Tandang Sora Station and LRT Line 2 at Aurora Station.
The indicative cost of MRT 10 is about P112.26 billion.
Bautista did not identify the companies that submitted the unsolicited proposals for the two railway projects.
An unsolicited proposal needs the approval of the DOTr and the National Economic and Development Authority board headed by President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. Once approved, it will be subjected to a Swiss Challenge, where other interested companies are given an opportunity to top the offer of the original proponent.
Other transport infrastructure projects the DOTr is pursuing are the LRT Line 6 Project, a 19-km. commuter rail system extending southward from Niyog, Bacoor (terminus of the LRT 1 CAVEX extension) to Dasmariñas City. The LRT Line 6 will serve 45 percent of Cavite’s population.
The proposed ROW alignment is along Aguinaldo Highway, with seven stations south of Niyog including Niyog, Tirona, Imus, Daang Hari, Salitran, Congressional Ave. and Governor’s Drive .
The DOTr is also building the Cebu Monorail Transit System Project, which involves the construction and development of about 27 km of rail transit system.