The Department of Transportation wants the Japanese contractors of PNR Clark Phase 1 to accelerate the target date completion of the project from 2022 to the fourth quarter of 2021.
Transportation Secretary Arthur Tugade met with Taisei Corp. chairman Takashi Yamauchi, Taisei Corp. president Yoshiyuki Murata and D.M. Consunji Inc. president and chief operating officer Jorge Consunji at the Taisei Corp. headquarters in Shinjuku, Tokyo and urged them to speed up the completion of the project.
PNR Clark Phase 1 will run from Tutuban, Manila to Malolos, Bulacan. The first package consists of civil works for elevated structures, a depot in Valenzuela and the construction of six stations in Solis, Caloocan, Valenzuela, Meycauayan, Marilao and Bocaue.
Once the rail segment is operational, travel time from Manila to Bulacan will be reduced from one hour and 30 minutes to just 35 minutes. It is expected to accommodate 300,000 passengers daily.