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What needs to be done before EDSA rehab? Ex-DPWH chief speaks

Vehicles traverse along EDSA on May 22, 2025. A rehabilitation of the major thoroughfare is set for June 13. Mark Demayo, ABS-CBN News

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Benise Balaoing

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<div><span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Jta4HeKcMIo?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span><br/>MANILA -- Former public works secretary Rogelio Singson has weighed in on the postponed rehabilitation of EDSA, one of Metro Manila&#x27;s main thoroughfares.</div><p>Speaking at the sidelines of DITO CME&#x27;s &#x27;The 100 Presidents Golf Cup&#x27; in Dasmarinas, Cavite, Singson said: &quot;Because of the postponement, I think the President would really want to make sure that if there are new technologies available, that the agencies involved will avail of it.&quot;</p><p>He noted that the Management Association of the Philippines (MAP), where he once served as President, had an infrastructure group that made a recommendation on how government agencies can coordinate on the EDSA rehab.</p><p>&quot;There are three big agencies involved: (Depart ment of Public Works and Highways, Department of Transportation, and Metropolitan Manila Development Authority). Sino siga doon? Sinong papakinggan? Hindi pwede yung tatlo magsasalita nang sabay-sabay,&quot; he said.</p><p>Singson said the group supports the postponement of the EDSA rehab.</p><p>&quot;Because the way it was planned, sabay-sabay eh, hindi pwede. They have to fix first the Mabuhay lanes, add more trains, improve the busway, and then they do the lane by lane,&quot; he said.</p><p>President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. ordered the suspension of the planned EDSA rehab, to allow government agencies to &quot;find a better way&quot; to repair the decades-old highway.</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2025/6/1/marcos-jr-suspends-edsa-rehabilitation-to-find-better-way-1135" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Marcos Jr. suspends EDSA rehabilitation to find &#x27;better way&#x27;</a></div><p>The rebuild would have seen the implementation of an &quot;odd-even&quot; scheme restricting use of Metro Manila&#x27;s main artery.</p><p>Singson is currently the President and CEO of Metro Pacific Water and Metro Pacific Tollways Corporation. He was also President and CEO of Meralco PowerGen Corporation and Light Rail Manila Corp, which operates the LRT-1.</p><div><span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/INCSR8-seNI?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span><br/></div>

<p>Former DPWH secretary Rogelio Singson has weighed in on the postponed rehabilitation of EDSA, one of Metro Manila's main thoroughfares.</p>

Former DPWH secretary Rogelio Singson has weighed in on the postponed rehabilitation of EDSA, one of Metro Manila's main thoroughfares.