The Department of Transportation (DOTr) is expected to award the remaining three contracts for the P488.5-billion Metro Manila Subway Project by October or November 2025, a top official said Wednesday.
Acting DOTr Secretary Giovanni Lopez said contract packages 105, 108 and 109 are under contract negotiations.
“I think we can award it sometime hopefully in October or November,” said Lopez.
CP 105 includes the construction of two underground stations, Kalayaan and BGC terminals and tunnel works, while CP 108 covers the building of two underground stations (Lawton and Senate-Department of Education) as well as tunnel works,
CP 109 is for the construction of Ninoy Aquino International Airport Terminal 3 station and tunnel works.
The agency already awarded CP 101, which consists of four stations – East Valenzuela, Quirino Highway, Tandang Sora and North Avenue – as well as the depot and the Philippine Railway Institute Building to the joint venture of Shimizu, Fujita, Takenaka and EEI.
CP 102, which involves the construction of Quezon Ave. and East Ave. stations, was awarded to the joint venture of Nishimatsu and DMCI.
Sumitomo bagged the CP 103, which covers Anonas and Camp Aguinaldo stations. Megawide, Tokyu Construction and Tobishima won CP 104, which involves the construction of Ortigas and Shaw Boulevard stations.
The government earlier secured 848-billion-yen loan (P376.6 billion) from the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) to fund the P488.5 billion subway project.
The 33-kilometer subway, dubbed as the “project of the century” stretches from Valenzuela in the north to NAIA Terminal 3 and the Food Terminal Inc. (FTI) in the south. The project is expected to be fully operational by 2029.
It is seen to reduce travel time between Quezon City and NAIA from one hour and 30 minutes to just 35 minutes. It is expected to serve around 370,000 passengers a day in its first year of full operations, with capacity to serve up to a million passengers a day in later years.
The MMSP is physically interconnected and inter-operable with the North-South Commuter Railway System’s (NSCR) south segment, enabling passengers to board the subway train, for example, in North Ave. Station of MMSP and get off at the Calamba Station of NSCR.
