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DOTr expects to finish study of ferry linking Pasig River, Manila Bay

The Department of Transportation (DOTr) said Thursday it expects to complete the feasibility study for the Manila Bay-Pasig River-Laguna Lake (MAPALLA) Ferry System by mid-2025.

“We can see that the feasibility study will be completed by the first half of this year. We expect that by the middle of 2025, we will get approval for this project,” said DOTr Undersecretary for planning and project development Timothy John Batan Wednesday over the DOTr’s Sakay Na! radio program on Radyo Pilipinas.

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Batan said the transport agency is working with the Public-Private Partnership (PPP) Center for the MAPALLA Ferry System, which is seen to provide commuters an additional and efficient transit system by utilizing the arterial rivers of Pasig and Marikina and Manila and Laguna Bay.

“[We’re] making the most of what’s already there because the rivers are already there, Laguna Bay and Manila Bay. We just need to put in a high-capacity ferry system,” he said.

The project’s first phase, according to Batan, will cover a 30-kilometer stretch of the Marikina River and Pasig River, which will also have at least 32 ferry stations.

He said it would run on 40 electric ferries, which can accommodate 100 to 150 passengers in a single trip. The ferry system will be patterned after the Chao Phraya River Ferry System in Bangkok, Thailand and New York Ferry System in New York City.

The system seeks to connect the waterways of Metro Manila, Cavite and Laguna via high-capacity, high-frequency and low carbon commuter vessels. It will have intermodal transfers with other transit systems and active mobility networks.

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