{"id":134870,"date":"2017-11-29T02:38:01","date_gmt":"2017-11-29T07:38:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=134870"},"modified":"2017-11-29T02:38:01","modified_gmt":"2017-11-29T07:38:01","slug":"dotr-announces-4-point-strategy-to-improve-mrt-service","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/11\/29\/dotr-announces-4-point-strategy-to-improve-mrt-service\/","title":{"rendered":"DOTr announces 4-point strategy to improve MRT service"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Department of Transportation (DOTr) on Wednesday has announced a four-point strategy of \u201ctaking bold and strategic steps\u201d to improve the services and to solve the problems troubling the Metro Rail Transit 3.<\/p>\n

\u201cA Four-Point Strategy is already being implemented, which involves: promoting accountability (termination of BURI); ensuring continued service delivery (establishment of the Maintenance Transition Team); contracting a qualified maintenance and rehabilitation service provider (Sumitomo-Mitsubishi Heavy); putting in place a long-term, single-point-of-responsibility, operator and maintenance provider for MRT-3 (O&M Unsolicited Proposal),\u201d DOTr said in a statement.<\/p>\n

Promoting Accountability<\/strong><\/p>\n

Among these steps was to \u2018promote accountability\u2019 by the termination of the contract with BURI on November 6 due to its failure\u00a0 to meet the performance indicators in the contract, to procure spare parts, to overhaul MRT-3\u2019s train cars, as only 2 out of 43 train cars have been overhauled by BURI.<\/p>\n

\u201cThese failures led to the many passenger unloading and train removal incidents during the 22 months that BURI was maintaining MRT-3\u2026BURI\u2019s termination is intended to promote accountability, and to ensure that taxpayers\u2019 money (P54 million a month for maintenance and P907 million for the overhaul) is not spent on a non-performing service provider,\u201d it added.<\/p>\n

Continued Service Delivery<\/strong><\/p>\n

After the termination of the BURI contract, the DOTr has created a Maintenance Transition Team (MTT) that would maintain the system for 3-6 months while procuring a new and qualified maintenance service provider.<\/p>\n

The MTT has also hired 450 former BURI employees. Meanwhile, LRTA and PNR also shared \u201chighly qualified and experienced\u201d railway engineers to the MTT.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe condition of MRT-3\u2019s spare parts inventory at take over further demonstrated BURI\u2019s failure to purchase and maintain a sufficient level of spare parts. To address this, the DOTr created a special Bids and Award Committee (BAC), which, together with the MTT, is regularly convening to expeditiously procure the spare parts that BURI failed to purchase,\u201d DOTr said.<\/p>\n

Maintenance and Rehabilitation Service Provider<\/strong><\/p>\n

The department is also discussing with Japan for the possible return of Sumitomo Corporation and its technical partner Mitsubishi Heavy Industries as maintenance service provider of the MRT-3.<\/p>\n

\u201cA G2G (Government to government) agreement is scheduled to be signed before year-end\u2026Sumitomo and Mitsubishi Heavy designed, built, and maintained the MRT-3 in its first 12 years of operations,\u201d DOTr said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe maintenance and rehabilitation contract is intended to have a term of 3 years, and will include the rehabilitation and restoration of the system to its original performance standards,\u201d it added.<\/p>\n

Long-Term, Single-Point-of-Responsibility, O&M Provider<\/strong><\/p>\n

The DOTr also said that the problems of MRT resulted from short-term and fragmented maintenance contracts and from \u201cfinger-pointing\u201d due to having different entities maintaining and operating MRT-3.<\/p>\n

To address this, the department pursued an Unsolicited Proposal for the 30-year operation and maintenance (O&M) of MRT-3<\/p>\n

The DOTr also said they are already coordinating with the LTFRB and MMDA to expand the P2p bus fleet that will complement the MRT-3.<\/p>\n

\u201cAlso, an independent safety audit by an ISO-certified and IFIA member certifier (International Federation of Inspection Agencies) will commence soon for the entire MRT-3 system, which is intended to give DOTr additional inputs on the interventions needed to rehabilitate and restore the system\u2019s reliability,\u201d DOTr said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWith the bump in ridership expected as we approach the holidays, the public can be assured that the DOTr is pursuing all avenues to restore the MRT-3\u2019s reliability and to continue ensuring the safety of its 500,000 daily riders,\u201d it said.<\/p>\n

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