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After 5-year delay DOTr targets partial opening of Cebu bus rapid transit this year

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<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2018/news/02/28/rapid-transit-2018-028118.jpg"/><figcaption>An illustration of a bus rapid transit (BRT) system for planned use in Metro Manila. In Cebu City, Transportation Secretary Arthur Tugade aims to start partial operations of its BRT system within 2021.<em> ABS-CBN News/File photo</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>MANILA – The Department of Transportation (DOTr) said it is aiming to partially open Cebu&#x27;s bus rapid transit (BRT) system this year following a 5-year delay in the project. </p><p>Transportation Secretary Arthur Tugade ordered &quot;round-the-clock construction work&quot; to deliver Package 1 of the Cebu BRT project this year, the DOTrsaid.</p><p>Package 1 will cover a 2.6-kilometer busway with 4 stations.</p><p>Currently, Package 1 is at the procurement stage, which the DOTr is fast-tracking, it said.</p><p>Once finished, the Cebu BRT will span cover 13.2 kilometers, and will include 17 bus stations, 2 terminals and one depot.</p><p>When completed, the Cebu BRT is expected to serve around 60,000 passengers daily.</p><p>In October last year, Sen. Nancy Binay criticized the DOTr for failing to start the BRT projects in Metro Manila and Cebu half a decade since the country borrowed around $228.50 million from the World Bank to create special lanes meant to decongest traffic.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/10/02/20/wala-ni-isang-hukay-binay-blasts-dotr-for-failing-to-implement-228-m-brt-project-after-5-years">&#x27;Wala ni isang hukay&#x27;: Binay blasts DOTr for failing to implement $228-M BRT project after 5 years</a></li>	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/06/08/18/bus-rapid-transit-project-halted-due-to-road-width-right-of-way-issues-tugade">Bus rapid transit project halted due to road width, right of way issues: Tugade</a></li></ul><div><strong>RELATED VIDEO:</strong></div><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/NV1WHnDVYv8?enablejsapi=1" width="560"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more in <a href="//www.iwantv.com.ph/">iWantv</a> or <a href="//tfc.tv/">TFC.tv</a></div>

<p>The Department of Transportation said it is aiming to partially open Cebu's bus rapid transit system this year following a 5-year delay in the project. </p>

The Department of Transportation said it is aiming to partially open Cebu's bus rapid transit system this year following a 5-year delay in the project.