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Andrea Taguines

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<div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:441px"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1744849013707MRT.jpg" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left">Officials inspect a station of the Metro Manila Subway. ABS-CBN News</span></span></span></div><div><br/></div><div><br/></div><p>MANILA — The Department of Transportation (DOTr) said it has secured a permit to proceed with building the Metro Manila Subway underneath an exclusive subdivision in Quezon City. </p><p>“We were able to get the permit to entry sa White Plains, so okay na yun. The next one are the other subdivisions,” Transportation Secretary Vince Dizon said on Wednesday.</p><p>Since the tunnel boring machine was installed there in January, it has only dug up about 88 meters going to Ortigas, as right-of-way issues prevent the contractor from going full speed ahead.</p><p>“Ang problema talaga is kulang sila sa area na pagtrabahuhan. Nagkukulang ang gobyerno sa pagbigay ng right-of-way… Kasi may area na ibibigay, ‘pag wala nang area, hihinto sila sa paggawa, which is costly,” Dizon told ABS-CBN News during an inspection of the subway station in Camp Aguinaldo.</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/business/2025/2/24/big-ticket-railway-projects-unlikely-to-finish-within-marcos-term-due-to-right-of-way-roadblocks-1140">Big-ticket railway projects unlikely to finish within Marcos term due to right-of-way roadblocks</a></div><div><br/></div><div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:441px"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1744849067566MRT 2.jpg" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left">Officials inspect a station of the Metro Manila Subway. ABS-CBN News</span></span></span></div><div><br/></div><p>Dizon’s marching order to the engineers: keep going, don’t stop. But he also gave a commitment to fast-track the government’s acquisition of land.</p><p>“Nag-commit na ‘ko sa kanila na makukuha yung right of way doon hanggang Ortigas station within the next few months. Kung ayaw ibenta ng mga (property owners), wala tayong choice kundi mag-expropriate,” he said.</p><p>“Kaya nananawagan na ‘ko sa mga kababayan natin na yung right of way ng subway at iba pa nating priority projects tulad ng North South Commuter Railway, e siguro mag-cooperate na lang tayo sa gobyerno,” added Dizon.</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/business/2024/8/12/privatization-eyed-for-metro-manila-subway-north-south-commuter-railway-1444">Privatization eyed for Metro Manila Subway, North-South Commuter Railway</a></div><div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:960px"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1744849081563MRT 3.jpg" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left">Officials inspect a station of the Metro Manila Subway. ABS-CBN News</span></span></span></div><div><br/></div><p>He said that the DOTr aims to award the three remaining contract packages for the subway within this year.</p><p>Overall, right-of-way acquisition for the entire project is 59.12 percent complete, while construction is at nearly 20 percent.</p><p>The previous leadership of the DOTr earlier said that partial subway operations could begin by 2028 or 2029. But Dizon said that would already be impossible to do given the amount of delays.</p><p>Instead, he said the agency would work to make that happen by 2032.</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/business/2025/3/19/metro-manila-subway-partial-operations-likely-by-2032-dotr-1039">Metro Manila Subway partial operations likely by 2032 - DOTr</a></div><div><br/></div><div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:960px"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1744849094704MRT 4.jpg" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left">Officials inspect a station of the Metro Manila Subway. ABS-CBN News</span></span></span></div><div><br/></div><p>“Dapat sana 2030 tapos na ‘to… Yung two-year delay ibig sabihin two years na mawawala na magagamit na ito ng mga kababayan natin. 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<p>The Department of Transportation (DOTr) said it has secured a permit to proceed with building the Metro Manila Subway underneath an exclusive subdivision in Quezon City.</p>

The Department of Transportation (DOTr) said it has secured a permit to proceed with building the Metro Manila Subway underneath an exclusive subdivision in Quezon City.

DOTr secures permit to build subway under Quezon City subdivision, but right-of-way woes persist

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DOTr secures permit to build subway under Quezon City subdivision, but right-of-way woes persist

Andrea Taguines,

ABS-CBN News

Published April 17, 2025 08:23 AM PHT

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Updated April 17, 2025 09:17 AM PHT

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