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LRT-2 extension to Antipolo '92 percent complete' : DOTr

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<p>MANILA - The LRT-2 extension to Antipolo is 92 percent complete, the Department of Transportation said in a Facebook post on Wednesday. </p><p>The 4-kilometer extension will add 2 new stations to the LRT-2 line: one in Emerald, Marikina and another in Masinag, Antipolo. </p><p>The DOTr said it is aiming for the new facilities to be fully operational by April 2021. The opening of the two new stations have been delayed several times. </p><div><script src="https://connect.facebook.net/en_US/sdk.js#xfbml=1&amp;version=v2.5" async="" type="text/javascript"></script></div><div class="fb-post" data-href="https://www.facebook.com/DOTrPH/videos/376030923403647" data-width="auto"> </div><p>Construction of the LRT-2 viaduct began in June 2015. </p><p>The government <a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/business/05/30/17/govt-breaks-ground-on-lrt-2-masinag-extension">broke ground</a> on the LRT-2 Masinag and Emerald stations in May 2017 and said it aimed to complete the project by August the following year. </p><p>The DOTr then said it expected the LRT-2 East Extension Project to be operational in the first quarter of 2019.</p><p>In July last year, the DOTr said it expected to finish construction of the extension <a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/business/07/17/19/look-lrt-2-extension-61-pct-complete-dotr">by December</a> this year.</p><p>Meanwhile, the Light Rail Transit Authority, which operates the LRT-2, has yet to announce when it would resume operations at the Santolan, Katipunan and Anonas stations. </p><p>Last May, the LRTA said the three stations may resume full operations <a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/business/05/26/20/santolan-to-anonas-stations-of-lrt-2-might-reopen-by-september-operator">by September</a>. This was 8 months since a fire shut the stretch of the train line.</p><p>The LRTA has said it plans to <a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/business/10/13/19/look-govt-to-build-3-more-lrt-2-stations">further extend</a> the LRT-2 by building stations in Tutuban, Divisoria, and Pier 4, Manila. Last year, the LRTA said it was aiming to complete the extension by 2023.</p>

<p>The DOTr said it is aiming for the LRT-2 extension to Masinag, Antipolo to be fully operational by April 2021. </p>

The DOTr said it is aiming for the LRT-2 extension to Masinag, Antipolo to be fully operational by April 2021.