Sen. Joseph Victor Ejercito, who accompanied Duterte on a visit to Japan this week said.
“I am confident Japan will honor its pledges and commitments,”he said
$9-billion economic and infrastructure assistance pledge made by Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe during Duterte’s visit in Japan clearly indicated that the subway project would materialize.The Senator added.
According to Presidential Communications Secretary Martin Andanar, more than 13-million residents of Metro Manila will surely benefit the subway project which will be installed from Mindanao Avenue in Quezon City to FTI Complex in Taguig City.
Additional lines going to NAIA terminals in Pasay City will also be built. The said project which can accommodate 35,000 commuters every day is expected to lessen the heavy traffic felt every day in Metro Manila especially in the stretch of EDSA.
With the subway project, the travel time from Quezon City to Taguig City is expected to lessen from 1-2 hours down to 30 minutes.
President Rodrigo Duterte made the announcement in a joint news conference with Abe during the first day of the visit on Monday.
“I am pleased with Japan’s reiteration that it is fully committed to give flesh to its one-trillion-yen pledge of assistance for the Philippines which covers high-impact and high-value infrastructure projects that my country needs to sustain and spur economic growth. These will include some of the most ambitious and groundbreaking projects, including the Metro Manila subway project and well as major developments in the regions and provinces,” Duterte said.
source:manilatimes
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