The joint venture between Philippine infrastructure conglomerate Megawide Construction Corporation (Megawide); Hyundai engineering & construction (Hyundai E&C); and Dong-ah geological engineering company (Dong-ah) recently got the greenlight from the Department of Transportation (DOTr) to start construction on the Malolos-Clark railway project.
The MCRP is part of the larger North-South Commuter Railway (NSCR) project of the DOTr. It will cover 17 kilometers of viaduct structure, including elevated station buildings in Calumpit, Bulacan and Apalit, Pampanga.
“This project will be significant for Megawide as it marks our foray into horizontal infrastructure,” Edgar Saavedra, Megawide chairman and chief executive officer, told the Manila Standard.“We look forward to strengthening our technical competency in these kinds of projects so we may participate in a bigger capacity and share our vision of a first-world Philippines.”
The Megawide CEO revealed that it is also interested in other rail projects in the government’s list of priority projects, including the Metro Manila Subway and the NSCR Southline.
