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LRT-2 Masinag extension to be finished by last quarter of 2020: DOTr

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<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2019/news/04/16/lrt-2-1.jpg"/><figcaption>One of the 2 new stations of the LRT-2 extension. The government expects to finish the project by 2020. Courtesy of Department of Transporation Facebook page</figcaption></figure></div>MANILA - The extension of the LRT-2 will be finished by the last quarter of 2020, the Department of Transportation said Monday during the ceremonial laying of tracks for the line. Two new stations will be added to the LRT-2, the Emerald Station in Marikina and the Masinag Station in Antipolo.Once completed, the 4-kilometer extension line is expected to reduce travel time from Antipolo to Recto, Manila to 40 minutes from around 3 hours.It will also add 80,000 to the train line&#x27;s current 240,000 ridership, said Transportation Undersecretary Timothy Batan.The project, which was started in 2013 and <a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/business/05/30/17/govt-breaks-ground-on-lrt-2-masinag-extension">broke ground</a> in 2017, is partly funded by a loan from the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA).<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2019/news/04/16/lrt-2-3.jpg"/><figcaption>Transportation Sec. Arthur Tugade leads the ceremonial laying of tracks for the LRT-2 extension project. Courtesy of the Department of Transportation Facebook page</figcaption></figure></div>Transportation Sec. Arthur Tugade led the ceremonial laying of the tracks with JICA Philippines Chief Representative Yoshio Wada present.Tugade said the ceremony signaled the commencement of the project’s final phase.A joint venture by DMCI and Marubeni Corp will install the electromechanical systems for the line. The LRT- 2 East Extension Project was <a href="https://dotr.gov.ph/10-press-releases/240-dotr-and-lrta-breaks-ground-for-lrt2-east-extension-project-package-2.html">originally targetted</a> to be operational by the first quarter of 2019.

The extension of the LRT-2 will be finished by the last quarter of 2020, the Department of Transportation said Monday during the ceremonial laying of tracks for the line.

The extension of the LRT-2 will be finished by the last quarter of 2020, the Department of Transportation said Monday during the ceremonial laying of tracks for the line.